weapon

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɛp.ən/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈwep.ən/
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• rhymes with -ɛpən
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• obsolete: /ˈwiːp.ən/
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• CMU ARPABET: W EH1 P AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English wepen, from Old English wǣpn, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną (“weapon”), of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wēbnom. Cognates Cognate with Scots weepon (“weapon”), North Frisian woopen (“weapon”), Saterland Frisian Woapen (“weapon”), West Frisian wapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Alemannic German Waaffe (“tool”), Dutch wapen (“weapon”), German Waffe (“weapon”) and Wappen (“coat of arms”), Luxembourgish Waff (“weapon”), Yiddish וואָפֿן (vofn, “weapon”), Danish våben (“weapon; coat of arms”), Faroese vákn, vápn (“weapon; whaling lance”), Icelandic vopn (“weapon”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk våpen (“weapon”), Swedish vapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐍀𐌽 (wēpn, “weapon”).

224 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: абџьар (abdžar) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Afrikaans: wapen — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Albanian: armë — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Albanian: shkluhë — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Southern Altai: мылтык (mïltïk) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Southern Altai: мылтык-јепсел (mïltïk-ǰepsel) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Amharic: የጦር መሣሪያ (yäṭor mäśariya) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Arabic: سِلَاح (silāḥ) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Arabic: أَسْلِحَة (ʔasliḥa) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Arabic: سلاح (silāḥ) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Aragonese: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Aramaic: זינא (zaynā’) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Aramaic: ܙܝܢܐ (zaynā’) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Armenian: զենք (zenkʻ) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Aromanian: armã — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Aromanian: tufeche — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Asturian: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Avar: ярагъ (jarağ) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Azerbaijani: silah — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Azerbaijani: yaraq — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Bashkir: ҡорал (qoral) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Basque: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Bats: გერწ class dd (gerc̣) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Belarusian: збро́я (zbrója) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Belarusian: ару́жжа (arúžža) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Bengali: অস্ত্র (ostro) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Bengali: হাতিয়ার (hatiẏar) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Breton: arm — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Bulgarian: оръ́жие (orǎ́žie) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Burmese: လက်နက် (laknak) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Buryat: зэбсэг (zebseg) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Carpathian Rusyn: збро́я (zbrója) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Catalan: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Cebuano: hinagiban — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Chechen: герз (gerz) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Chinese Cantonese: 武器 (mou5 hei3) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Chinese Cantonese: 兵器 (bing1 hei3) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Chinese: җүнчи (žünqi) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Chinese: 武器 (zh-min-nan) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Chinese Mandarin: 武器 (wǔqì) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Chinese Mandarin: 兵器 (bīngqì) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Chinese Mandarin: 軍器 /军器 (jūnqì) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Wu Chinese: 武器 (6vu-chi) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Chukchi: ирвын (irvyn) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• West Circassian: ӏашэ (ʼašɛ) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• West Circassian: ашэ (ašɛ) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Czech: zbraň — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Dalmatian: jarma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Danish: våben — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Dutch: wapen — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Egyptian: i-ir-i-i-T30 (jry) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Egyptian: D34A-w-T11 (ꜥḥꜣw) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Esperanto: armilo — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Estonian: relv — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Extremaduran: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Faroese: vápn — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Finnish: ase — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Finnish: astalo — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• French: arme — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Saterland Frisian: Woapen — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• West-Frisian: wapen — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Friulian: arme — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Galician: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Georgian: იარაღი (iaraɣi) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Georgian: საჭურველი (sač̣urveli) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Old Georgian: საბრძოლელი (sabrʒoleli) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Old Georgian: საბრძოლი (sabrʒoli) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Old Georgian: საჭურველი (sač̣urveli) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Old Georgian: საჭურავი (sač̣uravi) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Old Georgian: საჭური (sač̣uri) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• German: Waffe — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐍀𐌽 (wēpn) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Greek: όπλο (óplo) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Ancient Greek: ὅπλον (hóplon) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Ancient Greek: ἄορ (áor) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Greenlandic: sakku — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Gujarati: શસ્ત્ર (śastra) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Gujarati: હથિયાર (hathiyār) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Hebrew: כְּלִי נֶשֶׁק (kli néshek) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Hiligaynon: hinganiban — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Hindi: हथियार (hathiyār) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Hindi: शस्त्र (śastra) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Hindi: आयुध (āyudh) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Hungarian: fegyver — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Icelandic: vopn — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Ido: armo — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Ilocano: igam — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Indonesian: senjata — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Ingush: герз (gerz) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Interlingua: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Irish: arm — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Isnag: ixam — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Italian: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Japanese: 武器 (buki) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Japanese: 兵器 (heiki) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Javanese: gaman — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Kannada: ಆಯುಧ (āyudha) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Karachay-Balkar: сауут (sawut) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Kazakh: қару (qaru) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Khmer: គ្រឿងអាវុធ (krɨəng ʼaavut) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Khmer: អាវុធ (ʼaavut) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Kongo: buta — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Korean: 무기 (mugi) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Korean: 병기 (byeonggi) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Kumyk: савут (sawut) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Central Kurdish: چەک (çek) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Northern Kurdish: çek — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Northern Kurdish: sîleh — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Kyrgyz: курал (kural) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Kyrgyz: курал-жарак (kural-jarak) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Kyrgyz: жарак (jarak) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Ladin: erma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Lao: ຄໍາເພິງ (kham phœng) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Lao: ອາວຸດ (ʼā wut) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Latin: tēlum — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Latin: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Latvian: ierocis — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Lithuanian: ginklas — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Low German: Wapen — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Middle Low German: wapen (wâpen) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Lü: ᦁᦱᦞᦴᧉᦒ (ʼaavuu2th) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Luxembourgish: Waff — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Macedonian: оружје (oružje) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Malay: senjata — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Malayalam: ആയുധം (āyudhaṁ) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Maltese: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Marathi: शस्त्र (śastra) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Marathi: हत्यार (hatyār) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Middle English: wepen — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Mirandese: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Mongolian: зэвсэг (zevseg) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Mongolian: ᠵᠡᠪᠰᠡᠭ (ǰebseg) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Khiamniungan Naga: tūo — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Tundra Nenets: мирв — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Nogai: савыт (savıt) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Norwegian Bokmål: våpen — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Norwegian Nynorsk: våpen — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Occitan: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Odia: ଶସ୍ତ୍ର (śastra) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Church Slavic: орѫжиѥ (orǫžije) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Old East Slavic: оружие (oružije) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Old English: wǣpn — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Old Galician-Portuguese: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Old Norse: vápn — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Pali: āvudha — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Pannonian Rusyn: оружиє (oružije) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Pashto: وسله (wasla) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Pashto: اسلحه (asleha) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Iranian Persian: سِلاح (selâh) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Iranian Persian: اَسْلَحِه (aslahe) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Iranian Persian: اَسْلِحِه (aslehe) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Polish: broń — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Polish: oręż — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Portuguese: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Punjabi: ਹਥਿਆਰ (hathiāra) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Romanian: armă — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Romansh: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Russian: ору́жие (orúžije) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Northern Sami: vearju — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Sanskrit: आयुध (āyudha) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Sardinian: àrma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Scots: wappen — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Scottish Gaelic: arm — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀рӯжје — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Serbo-Croatian: òrūžje — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Shan: လၢၵ်ႈၼၢၵ်ႈ (lāak nāak) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Shan: ၵွင်ႈၵၢင်ႇ (kāung kàang) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Sicilian: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Slovak: zbraň — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Slovene: orožje — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Lower Sorbian: broń — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Upper Sorbian: bróń — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Spanish: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Swahili: silaha — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Swedish: vapen — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Tagalog: sandata — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Tajik: силоҳ (siloh) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Tajik: яроқ (yaroq) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Tajik: аслиҳа (asliha) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Tamil: ஆயுதம் (āyutam) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Taos: hų́łoliną — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Tatar: корал (qoral) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Telugu: ఆయుధము (āyudhamu) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Thai: อาวุธ (aa-wút) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Tibetan: མཚོན་ཆ (mtshon cha) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Tibetan: གོ་མཚོན (go mtshon) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Tigrinya: ብረት (bərät) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Tupinambá: popesûara — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Turkish: silah — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Turkish: yarak — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Turkish: savut — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Ottoman Turkish: سلاح (silâh) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Turkmen: ýarag — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Tuvan: чепсек (çepsek) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Ukrainian: збро́я (zbrója) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Ukrainian: ору́жжя (orúžžja) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Urdu: ہَتِھیار (hathiyār) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Urdu: اَسْلِحَہ (asliha) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Urdu: اَسْلَحَہ (aslaha) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Uyghur: قورال (qoral) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Uzbek: qurol — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Uzbek: yarogʻ — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Uzbek: siloh — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Venetan: arma — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Vietnamese: vũ khí — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Vietnamese: binh khí — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Welsh: arf — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Welsh: erfyn — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Yiddish: וואָפֿן (vofn) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Yiddish: כּלי־זיין (klezayen) — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Zazaki: çek — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Zhuang: cungqcax — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Zhuang: vujgi — instrument of attack or defense in combat
• Dutch: wapen — means of harming or exerting control
• Greek: όπλο (óplo) — means of harming or exerting control
• Norwegian Bokmål: våpen — means of harming or exerting control
• Russian: ору́жие (orúžije) — means of harming or exerting control
• Spanish: baza — means of harming or exerting control
• Swahili: vilaha — means of harming or exerting control
• Ottoman Turkish: سلاح (silâh) — means of harming or exerting control
• Bulgarian: въоръжавам (vǎorǎžavam) — Translations
• Norwegian Bokmål: væpne — Translations
• Russian: вооружа́ть (vooružátʹ) — Translations
• Russian: вооружи́ть (vooružítʹ) — Translations