arsenal

See also: Arsenal, arsénal, and arsenál

English

Etymology

Italian arsenale, also French arsenal, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʿa, manufacturing shop); دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʿa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)sənəl/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)snəl/

Noun

arsenal (plural arsenals)

  1. A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
  2. A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.
  3. A store or supply of anything.
    • 2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
      Foremost in her arsenal is that smile – so enormous and so absurdly disarming that someone should have worked out a way to harness its power into international conflict resolution.
  4. Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship
    He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work.
    • 2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time:
      Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche.

Derived terms

Translations


Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /əɾ.səˈnal/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ər.səˈnal/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /aɾ.seˈnal/

Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenals)

  1. arsenal (stock of weapons)
  2. arsenal (store or supply of anything)

Further reading


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʁ.sə.nal/
  • (file)

Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenaux)

  1. (military, nautical) arsenal

Further reading


Portuguese

Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenais)

  1. arsenal (military establishment)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arsěnaːl/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧se‧nal

Noun

arsènāl m (Cyrillic spelling арсѐна̄л)

  1. arsenal

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʿa, industry house). Compare dársena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arseˈnal/

Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenales)

  1. arsenal (stock of weapons)
  2. arsenal (store or supply of anything)
  3. dockyard

Further reading

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