different between firearm vs armament

English

Etymology

fire (“projectile discharge”) +? arm (“weapon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

firearm (plural firearms)

1. A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.

Alternative forms

• fire arm (rare)

Antonyms

• cold weapon, white arm

Hypernyms

• ranged weapon

Hyponyms

• See Thesaurus:firearm.

Translations

Anagrams

• farmier, framire

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