Phrase guide

coat of arms

noun · 2 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.

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  • General-American: /kɔʊːt ʌv ˈɑɹmz/
  • General-American: [khɔʊ.ɾəv ˈɑɹmz]
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Hereditary designs and symbols depicted on an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of a heraldic achievement, such as a helm, crest, crest coronet, torse, mantling and supporters; described by a blazon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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: arms, blazon, blazonry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: heraldry

Narrower terms: quartering

History

Etymology

From Middle English cote of armes, from Old French cote a armer, cote d'armes, originally a tunic embroidered with heraldic arms.

Across languages

Translations

174 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: агерб (agerb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Afrikaans: wapen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Albanian: stemë — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Southern Altai: герб (gerb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Amharic: ብሄራዊ አርማ (bəherawi ʾärma) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Arabic: شِعَار نَبَالَة (šiʕār nabāla) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Armenian: զինանշան (zinanšan) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Aymara: wallqanqa — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Azerbaijani: طغرا (tughrā) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Azerbaijani: gerb — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Azerbaijani: tuğra — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Bashkir: герб (gerb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Basque: armarria — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Belarusian: герб (hjerb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Bengali: কোট অফ আর্মস (kōṭ oph armoś) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Breton: ardamezioù — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Bulgarian: герб (gerb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Burmese: အမှတ်တံဆိပ် (a.hmattamhcip) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Catalan: escut — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Catalan: escut d'armes — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Chechen: герб (gerb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紋章 /纹章 (wénzhāng) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國徽 /国徽 (guóhuī) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Cornish: kota arvow — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Crimean Tatar: tuğra — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Czech: erb — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Czech: znak — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Danish: våben — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Danish: våbenskjold — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Danish: våbenmærke — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Danish: skjoldmærke — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Danish: rigsvåben — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Danish: statsvåben — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Dutch: wapen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Dutch: wapenschild — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Dutch: rijkswapen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Dutch: staatswapen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Erzya: герб (gerb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Esperanto: blazono — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Estonian: vapp — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Faroese: skjaldarmerki — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Faroese: vápnaskjøldur — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Faroese: vápnaprógv — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Finnish: vaakuna — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • French: armoiries — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • French: armes — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • French: blason — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • North Frisian: woopen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Saterland Frisian: woapen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • West-Frisian: wapen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Friulian: steme — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Friulian: blason — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Galician: brasón — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Galician: escudo — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Georgian: გერბი (gerbi) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • German: Wappen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • German: Wappenschild — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • German: Reichswappen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • German: Staatswappen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Greek: εθνόσημο (ethnósimo) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Greek: οικόσημο (oikósimo) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Greenlandic: inuiaqatigiinni ilisarnaqut — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Gujarati: જુઓારમસ (juoārmas) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Hebrew: שלט אצלה (shelet atzullah) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Hindi: कुल चिन्ह (kul cinha) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Hungarian: címer — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Icelandic: skjaldarmerki — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Ido: blazono — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Indonesian: lambang — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Inuktitut: ᑕᕐᓴᖓ (tarsanga) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Irish: armas — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Italian: stemma — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Italian: blasone — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Japanese: 紋章 (monshō) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Japanese: 国章 (kokushō) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Kalmyk: сүлд (süld) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Kapampangan: sangkal ning armas — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Kashubian: herb — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Kazakh: елтаңба (eltañba) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Khmer: វរលញ្ឆករ (vĕəʼrĕəʼlañchaʼkɑɑ) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Komi-Zyrian: канпас (kanpas) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Korean: 문장 (munjang) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Korean: 국장 (gukjang) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Northern Kurdish: nîşan — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Kyrgyz: герб (gerb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Kyrgyz: улут тамга (ulut tamga) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Kyrgyz: эл тамга (el tamga) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງຫມາຍ (khư̄ang māi) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Latin: īnsīgne — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Latvian: ģerbonis — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Lithuanian: herbas — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Macedonian: грб (grb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Malay: jata — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Malayalam: മുദ്ര (mudra) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Maltese: emblema — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Maltese: stemma — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Manx: armys — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Māori: tohu — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Maranao: dabar — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Marathi: चिन्ह (cinha) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Eastern Mari: ойып (ojyp) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Mongolian: сүлд (süld) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Nepali: चिन्ह (cinha) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Nepali: निशान (niśān) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: våpen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: våpenskjold — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: riksvåpen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: statsvåpen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: våpen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: våpenskjold — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: riksvåpen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: statsvåpen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Occitan: escut — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Occitan: armarias — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Ossetian: герб (gerb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Pannonian Rusyn: герб (herb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Persian: نشان (nešân) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Persian: آرم (ârm) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Polish: herb — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Portuguese: brasão de armas — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Portuguese: brasão — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Punjabi: ਕੁਲ-ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ (kula-cinnh) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Quechua: wallqanqa — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Romanian: stemă — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Romanian: blazon — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Romanian: armoarii — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Romansh: vopna — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Russian: герб (gerb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Northern Sami: vearjogovva — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Scottish Gaelic: gearradh-arm — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Serbo-Croatian: грб — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Serbo-Croatian: grb — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Silesian: wapyn — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Slovak: erb — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Slovene: grb — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Lower Sorbian: wopon — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Upper Sorbian: wopon — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Spanish: escudo de armas — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Spanish: escudo — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Spanish: armas — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Swahili: nembo — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Swedish: vapen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Swedish: vapensköld — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Swedish: riksvapen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Swedish: statsvapen — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Tagalog: kutamaya — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Tahitian: taipe — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Tajik: нишон (nišon) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Tamil: சின்னம் (ciṉṉam) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Tatar: герб (gerb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Tatar: тугра (tuğra) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Telugu: కవచం (kavacaṁ) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Thai: เครื่องหมาย (krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Thai: ตราแผ่นดิน (dtraa pɛ̀n din) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Thai: ตราสัญลักษณ์ (dtraa sǎn-yá-lák) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Thai: ตราประจําตระกูล (dtraa bprà-jam dtrà-guun) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Tongan: ko e sila — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Turkish: arma — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Ottoman Turkish: آرما (arma) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Turkmen: gerb — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Turkmen: tugra — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Tuvan: сүлде (sülde) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Udmurt: герб (gerb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Ukrainian: герб (herb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Urdu: نشان (nišān) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Uyghur: گېرب (gërb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Uzbek: gerb — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Vietnamese: phù hiệu áo giáp — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Vietnamese: quốc huy — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Vietnamese: huy hiệu — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Volapük: sköt — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Welsh: arfbais — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Yiddish: הערב (herb) — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
  • Yoruba: àmì ọ̀pá àṣẹ — hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon