noun
Meaning 1
Weaponry, weapons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
arms
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ɑɹmz/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɑːmz/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)mz
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CMU ARPABET: AA1 R M Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, normally displayed upon an escutcheon and sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
Examples
- The arms of England are: gules, three lions passant guardant or.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
plural of arm
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
third-person singular simple present indicative of arm
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Examples
- If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coat of arms, blazon, blazonry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: heraldry
Narrower terms: quartering
noun
Meaning 6
weapons considered collectively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: weaponry, implements of war, weapons system, munition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: instrumentality, instrumentation
Narrower terms: ammunition, ammo, armament, bomb, defense system, defence system, gunnery, hardware, naval weaponry
History
Etymology
From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h2er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.
See arm.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: våben — heraldic design
- German: Wappen — heraldic design
- Norwegian Bokmål: våpen — heraldic design
- Norwegian Nynorsk: våpen — heraldic design
- Swedish: vapen — heraldic design