different between armament vs equipment

English

Etymology

Latin arm?mentum, from arm? (“I arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???(?)m?m?nt/

Noun

armament (countable and uncountable, plural armaments)

1. A body of forces equipped for war.
2. (military, naval) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
3. Any equipment for resistance.
4. The process of building up military capacity.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin arm?mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /??.m??ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?r.m??men/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a?.ma?ment/

Noun

armament m (plural armaments)

1. arming

Related terms

• armar

Further reading

• “armament” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “armament” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “armament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “armament” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From French armement

Noun

armament n (plural armamente)

1. weaponry

Declension

English

Etymology

From equip +? -ment, or from French équipement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kw?pm?nt/

Noun

equipment (usually uncountable, plural equipments)

1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
   • (Can we date this quote?) David Hume:

     The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.

2. Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
   • 1851, Henry Longfellow, The Golden Legend

     Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight.

Derived terms

Related terms

• equip

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