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weaponry

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɛp.ən.ɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: W EH1 P AH0 N R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Weapons collectively

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • The army has a wide array of weaponry.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

weapons considered collectively

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arms, 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 weapon + -ry.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِلَاح (silāḥ) — weapons collectively
  • Belarusian: узбрае́нне (uzbrajénnje) — weapons collectively
  • Belarusian: збро́я (zbrója) — weapons collectively
  • Bulgarian: въоръже́ние (vǎorǎžénie) — weapons collectively
  • Bulgarian: оръ́жие (orǎ́žie) — weapons collectively
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兵器 (bīngqì) — weapons collectively
  • Chinese Mandarin: 武器 (wǔqì) — weapons collectively
  • Czech: zbraň — weapons collectively
  • Czech: výzbroj — weapons collectively
  • Egyptian: xa:a-w-M3:Z2 (ḫꜥw) — weapons collectively
  • Esperanto: armilaro — weapons collectively
  • Finnish: aseistus — weapons collectively
  • French: armement — weapons collectively
  • French: arsenal — weapons collectively
  • Galician: armamento — weapons collectively
  • German: Waffen — weapons collectively
  • German: Bewaffnung — weapons collectively
  • Greek: οπλισμός (oplismós) — weapons collectively
  • Hebrew: נֶשֶׁק (nésheq) — weapons collectively
  • Hebrew: כְּלֵי נֶשֶׁק (kli nésheq) — weapons collectively
  • Hungarian: fegyverzet — weapons collectively
  • Irish: airm — weapons collectively
  • Italian: armi — weapons collectively
  • Japanese: 武器 (buki) — weapons collectively
  • Japanese: 兵器 (heiki) — weapons collectively
  • Khmer: សព្វាវុធ (sɑppiəvut) — weapons collectively
  • Khmer: អាវុធ (ʼaavut) — weapons collectively
  • Korean: 무기 (mugi) — weapons collectively
  • Korean: 병기 (byeonggi) — weapons collectively
  • Lao: ອາວຸດ (ʼā wut) — weapons collectively
  • Latin: arma — weapons collectively
  • Macedonian: о́ружје (óružje) — weapons collectively
  • Macedonian: вооружу́вање (vooružúvanje) — weapons collectively
  • Navajo: tʼáadoo leʼé bee anadahatʼíinii — weapons collectively
  • Persian: سلاح (selâh) — weapons collectively
  • Polish: uzbrojenie — weapons collectively
  • Polish: broń — weapons collectively
  • Portuguese: armas — weapons collectively
  • Portuguese: armamento — weapons collectively
  • Russian: вооруже́ние (vooružénije) — weapons collectively
  • Russian: ору́жие (orúžije) — weapons collectively
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀рӯжје — weapons collectively
  • Serbo-Croatian: òrūžje — weapons collectively
  • Slovak: zbraň — weapons collectively
  • Slovak: výzbroj — weapons collectively
  • Slovak: zbrane — weapons collectively
  • Slovene: orožje — weapons collectively
  • Spanish: armas — weapons collectively
  • Tajik: силоҳ (siloh) — weapons collectively
  • Thai: อาวุธ (aa-wút) — weapons collectively
  • Ukrainian: озбро́єння (ozbrójennja) — weapons collectively
  • Ukrainian: збро́я (zbrója) — weapons collectively
  • Vietnamese: vũ khí — weapons collectively
  • Vietnamese: binh khí — weapons collectively
  • Yiddish: געווער (gever) — weapons collectively
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