different between armada vs ramada

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish armada (“fleet, navy”), from Medieval Latin arm?ta, from the feminine past participle of Latin arm?, from arma. Doublet of army.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???m??d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????m??d?/
• Rhymes: -??d?

Noun

armada (plural armadas)

1. A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.
2. Any large army or fleet of military vessels.
3. A large flock of anything.

Translations

Anagrams

• Damara, ramada

Catalan

Etymology

From the feminine past participle of armar, corresponding to Medieval Latin arm?ta, from the feminine past participle of Latin arm?re, from arma (“arms”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /???ma.d?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?r?ma.d?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a??ma.da/

Noun

armada f (plural armades)

1. navy

Adjective

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armat

Verb

armada f sg

1. past participle of armar

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rm?(?)d?/, [??rm?(?)d?]
• Rhymes: -?rm?d?
• Syllabification: ar?ma?da

Noun

armada

1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

Declension

Anagrams

• draama

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish armada. Doublet of armée.

Noun

armada f (plural armadas)

1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

Further reading

• “armada” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Ladino

Noun

armada f (Latin spelling, plural armadas)

1. army

Portuguese

Etymology

From armar +? -ada (or the feminine past participle of armar), corresponding to Medieval Latin arm?ta, from the feminine past participle of Latin arm?re, from arma (“arms”). Cf. also Italian armata.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??.?ma.ð?/
• Hyphenation: ar?ma?da

Noun

armada f (plural armadas)

1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

Adjective

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armado

Verb

armada

1. feminine singular past participle of armar

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian armada. Compare Italian armata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /armá?da/

Noun

arm?da f

1. army

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

From the feminine past participle of armar, corresponding to Medieval Latin arm?ta, from the feminine perfect passive participle of Latin arm?re, from arma (“arms”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??mada/, [a??ma.ð?a]

Noun

armada f (plural armadas)

1. navy
2. fleet

Adjective

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armado

Verb

armada f sg

1. Feminine singular past participle of armar.

Further reading

• “armada” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ramada, from rama (“branch”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???m??d?/
• Rhymes: -??d?

Noun

ramada (plural ramadas)

1. (US) A simple arbour or open porch, typically roofed with branches. [from 19th c.]
   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses:

     They sat in the shade of the pole and brush ramada in front of the place and sipped their drinks and looked out at the desolate stillness of the little crossroads at noon.

   • 2006, Wayne R Kime, Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, p. 23:

     As protection against the fierce heat, he caused a ramada to be constructed over and around his tent, which he employed only for sleeping.

   • 2008, Sally Binford & Lewis Binford, Archeology in Cultural Systems, p. 155:

     The well- built structure suggested that the occupation was not temporary, and the presence of the ramada indicated that at least part of the occupation was during warm weather.

Translations

Anagrams

• Armada, Damara, armada

Catalan

Etymology

rama +? -ada

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r??ma.d?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ra?ma.da/

Noun

ramada f (plural ramades)

1. A cluster of branches, foliage.

   Synonyms: brancam, brancatge

2. A herd, especially of sheep.

   Synonym: ramat

3. A flock of birds.

   Synonym: vol

Derived terms

• ramat

Further reading

• “ramada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From ramo +? -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?mada/, [ra?ma.ð?a]

Noun

ramada f (plural ramadas)

1. a cluster of branches, foliage
2. (Latin America) a shed or hut made of branches

Further reading

• “ramada” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.