different between ordnance vs armament

English

Etymology

A reduced form of ordinance, which is attested from the late 14th century in the sense of "military equipment or provisions".The sense of "artillery" arises in the early 15th century, the sense "military logistics" in the late 15th century.The shortened form ordnance arises by the 17th century, now distinct in meaning from the surviving meanings of ordinance.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ôrd?n?ns, IPA^(key): /???dn?ns/
• (US) enPR: ôrd?n?ns, IPA^(key): /???dn?ns/

Noun

ordnance (countable and uncountable, plural ordnances)

1. Military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition.
2. Artillery.

Usage notes

The British Ordnance Survey, now a civilian agency, retains its name from its origin as a military topographic survey of Britain during the Napoleonic Wars.

This word is often confused with ordinance, which is a law or legal statute.

Derived terms

• Ordnance Survey

Translations

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