Standard Lemma guide

arsenal

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑːsənəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑːsnəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈɑɹsənəl/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈɑɹsnəl/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈɐːsənəl/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈɐːsnəl/
  • CMU ARPABET: AA1 R S AH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The Arsenal Football Club.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A store or supply of anything.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a place where arms are manufactured

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: armory, armoury

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: foundry, metalworks

7

noun

Meaning 7

a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: armory, armoury

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: military installation

8

noun

Meaning 8

all the weapons and equipment that a country has

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: armory, armoury

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: armament

History

Etymology

From Italian arsenale, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”), from دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).

Across languages

Translations

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 阿仙奴 (aa3 sin1 nou4) — football club
  • Chinese Cantonese: 兵工廠 /兵工厂 (bing1 gung1 cong2) — football club
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿森納 /阿森纳 (Āsēnnà) — football club
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兵工廠 /兵工厂 (Bīnggōngchǎng) — football club
  • Japanese: アーセナル (Āsenaru) — football club
  • Kannada: ಆರ್ಸೆನಲ್ (ārsenal) — football club
  • Korean: 아스널 (Aseuneol) — football club
  • Korean: 아스날 (Aseunal) — football club
  • Persian: آرسنال (ârsenâl) — football club
  • Thai: อาร์เซนอล (Aa-see-nɔɔn) — football club
  • Arabic: تِرْسَانَة (tirsāna) — military establishment
  • Armenian: զինանոց (zinanocʻ) — military establishment
  • Belarusian: арсена́л (arsjenál) — military establishment
  • Bulgarian: арсена́л (arsenál) — military establishment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兵工廠 /兵工厂 (bīnggōngchǎng) — military establishment
  • Czech: zbrojnice — military establishment
  • Czech: arzenál — military establishment
  • Dutch: arsenaal — military establishment
  • Dutch: wapenmagazijn — military establishment
  • Dutch: wapenopslagplaats — military establishment
  • Finnish: arsenaali — military establishment
  • French: arsenal — military establishment
  • Galician: arsenal — military establishment
  • Georgian: არსენალი (arsenali) — military establishment
  • German: Zeughaus — military establishment
  • German: Waffenkammer — military establishment
  • German: Arsenal — military establishment
  • German: Waffenlager — military establishment
  • German: Waffenvorrat — military establishment
  • Hungarian: fegyvergyár — military establishment
  • Hungarian: fegyverraktár — military establishment
  • Hungarian: arzenál — military establishment
  • Indonesian: arsenal — military establishment
  • Italian: arsenale — military establishment
  • Italian: deposito armi — military establishment
  • Japanese: 兵器廠 (heikishō) — military establishment
  • Korean: 병기고 (byeonggigo) — military establishment
  • Korean: 무기고 (mugigo) — military establishment
  • Korean: 병기창 (byeonggichang) — military establishment
  • Latin: armāmentārium — military establishment
  • Lithuanian: arsenalas — military establishment
  • Macedonian: арсенал (arsenal) — military establishment
  • Marathi: शिलेखाना (śilekhānā) — military establishment
  • Marathi: युद्धसाहित्यगृह (yuddhasāhityagŕh) — military establishment
  • Norman: arsénal — military establishment
  • Norwegian: arsenal — military establishment
  • Norwegian: rustkammer — military establishment
  • Persian: زرادخانه (zarâdxâne) — military establishment
  • Polish: arsenał — military establishment
  • Polish: zbrojownia — military establishment
  • Polish: cekhauz — military establishment
  • Portuguese: arsenal — military establishment
  • Russian: арсена́л (arsenál) — military establishment
  • Scottish Gaelic: taigh-airm — military establishment
  • Serbo-Croatian: арсенал — military establishment
  • Serbo-Croatian: arsenal — military establishment
  • Slovak: arzenál — military establishment
  • Slovak: zbrojnica — military establishment
  • Slovene: arzenal — military establishment
  • Spanish: arsenal — military establishment
  • Swedish: arsenal — military establishment
  • Thai: คลังแสง — military establishment
  • Thai: คลังสรรพาวุธ — military establishment
  • Thai: โรงแสง — military establishment
  • Thai: โรงงานสรรพาวุธ — military establishment
  • Thai: โรงแสงสรรพาวุธ — military establishment
  • Ottoman Turkish: سلاحخانه (silâhhâne) — military establishment
  • Ukrainian: арсена́л (arsenál) — military establishment
  • Vietnamese: kho vũ khí — military establishment
  • Vietnamese: kho đạn dược — military establishment
  • Armenian: զինանոց (zinanocʻ) — stock of weapons
  • Catalan: arsenal — stock of weapons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軍火庫 /军火库 — stock of weapons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 武庫 /武库 — stock of weapons
  • Danish: våbenlager — stock of weapons
  • Danish: våbenarsenal — stock of weapons
  • Finnish: arsenaali — stock of weapons
  • Hungarian: arzenál — stock of weapons
  • Italian: arsenale — stock of weapons
  • Latin: armāmentārium — stock of weapons
  • Marathi: शस्त्रसामग्री (śastrasāmagrī) — stock of weapons
  • Polish: arsenał — stock of weapons
  • Portuguese: arsenal — stock of weapons
  • Russian: арсена́л (arsenál) — stock of weapons
  • Spanish: arsenal — stock of weapons
  • Thai: คลังแสง — stock of weapons
  • Thai: คลังอาวุธ — stock of weapons
  • Thai: คลังสรรพาวุธ — stock of weapons
  • Armenian: զինանոց (zinanocʻ) — store or supply of anything
  • Catalan: arsenal — store or supply of anything
  • Finnish: arsenaali — store or supply of anything
  • Hungarian: arzenál — store or supply of anything
  • Italian: arsenale — store or supply of anything
  • Italian: magazzino — store or supply of anything
  • Italian: deposito — store or supply of anything
  • Polish: arsenał — store or supply of anything
  • Portuguese: arsenal — store or supply of anything
  • Russian: арсена́л (arsenál) — store or supply of anything
  • Spanish: arsenal — store or supply of anything
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