Army

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Derived terms 1.5 Related terms 1.6 See also

English

Etymology

From Old French armée (French armée), from Proto-Romance armata, a noun taken from the past participle of Latin armare ‘to arm’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: British /ˈɑːmi/, American /ˈɑɹ.mi/
• SAMPA: /"A:(r)mi/
• Image:Loudspeaker.png Audio (US)^{?, file}

Noun

army (plural armies)

1. A large, highly organized military force concerned mainly with ground operations (confer navy, air force, marines.)

   The army was sent in to quell the uprising.

2. The governmental agency in charge of the nation's army.

   The army opposed the legislature's involvement.

3. Any large group of people working toward the same purpose.

   It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.

4. (capitalized): A sports team representing the US Army Academy at West Point.

   Army has several returning starters this year.

Translations

Breton: arme f -où, armead f -où (forces of an army) Bulgarian: армия (armija) f., войска (vojska) f. Chinese: 陆军 / 陸軍 (lù-jūn) Danish: hær c Dutch: leger Esperanto: armeo Estonian: armee, sõjavägi Finnish: puolustusvoimat (1, 3), sotaväki, sotajoukko (1), suuri joukko (3) French: armée (fr) f Georgian: ჯარი (džari) German: Heer n, Landstreitkraft f Greek: στρατός [straˈto̞s] m, στράτευμα [ˈstrate̞vˌma] n, στρατιά [straˈtça] f

Japanese: 軍 (gun), 軍隊 (gun-tai) Irish: slua Latin: vires f, exercitus m Lithuanian: armija f Old English: here, fyrd, duguþ Polish: armia f, wojsko n Portuguese: exército m Russian: армия f Slovene: vojska f, armada f Spanish: ejército (es) m Swedish: armé u, här u Telugu: సైన్యం, సేన Turkish: ordu Vietnamese: quân đội (1)

Derived terms

army ant army surplus

Swiss Army Knife, Swiss Army Penknife

Related terms

• arm, arms, armed
• armament
• armor, armour

See also

• Navy
• Air Force
• Marinesang:army

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