# armada
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɑːˈmɑːdə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ɑɹˈmɑdə/
* Rhymes: -ɑːdə

### Noun

armada (plural armadas)
* A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.
* Any large army or fleet of military vessels.
* A large flock of anything.
    An armada of insects attacked us every day at sunset.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Damara, ramada

## Catalan
### Etymology

From the feminine past participle of armar, corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armāre, from arma (“arms”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ərˈma.ðə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [aɾˈma.ða]

### Noun

armada f (plural armades)
* navy

### Adjective

armada f sg
* feminine singular of armat

### Participle

armada f sg
* feminine singular of armat

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish armada.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑrmɑ(ː)dɑ/, [ˈɑ̝rmɑ̝(ː)dɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑrmɑdɑ
* Syllabification: ar‧ma‧da

### Noun

armada
* (military) armada (fleet of warships)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of armada (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) :

### Further reading

* “armada”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* draama

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish armada. Doublet of armée.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

armada f (plural armadas)
* (military) armada (fleet of warships)

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: armadă

### Further reading

* “armada”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay armada, from Portuguese armada, from Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armō, from arma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [arˈmada]
* Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧da

### Noun

armada (first-person possessive armadaku, second-person possessive armadamu, third-person possessive armadanya)
* armada:
** a fleet of warships.
** a large flock of anything

### Further reading

* “armada” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ladino
### Noun

armada f (Latin spelling, plural armadas)
* army

## Malay
### Etymology

From Portuguese armada, from Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armō, from arma.

### Pronunciation

* (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA: [a(r).ma.da]
* Rhymes: -da, -a
* Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧da

### Noun

armada (Jawi spelling ارمادا)
* A fleet of warships; an armada.
* A flock of trade ships.

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: armada

### Further reading

* “armada” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish armada.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /arˈma.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: ar‧ma‧da

### Noun

armada f
* (military) armada (a fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada)
* (military) armada ​(any large army or fleet of military vessels)
* (by extension, literary) armada ​(a large flock of anything)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* armada in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* armada in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁˈma.dɐ/ [aɦˈma.dɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁˈma.dɐ/ [aɦˈma.dɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aɾˈma.dɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aʁˈma.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aɻˈma.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾˈma.dɐ/ [ɐɾˈma.ðɐ]
* Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧da

### Noun

armada f (plural armadas)
* (military) armada (fleet of warships)

#### Descendants

* → Malay: armada
** Indonesian: armada
* → Bengali: হার্মাদ (harmad)

### Adjective

armada f sg
* feminine singular of armado

### Participle

armada f sg
* feminine singular of armado

## Slovene
### Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan armada. Compare Italian armata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /armáːda/

### Noun

armȃda f
* army

#### Inflection
## Spanish
### Etymology

From the feminine past participle of armar, corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine perfect passive participle of Latin armāre, from arma (“arms”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɾˈmada/ [aɾˈma.ð̞a]
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: ar‧ma‧da

### Noun

armada f (plural armadas)
* navy
* fleet

#### Descendants

* → English: armada
* → French: armada
** → Romanian: armadă
* → Finnish: armada
* → Polish: armada
* → Turkish: armada

### Adjective

armada f sg
* feminine singular of armado

### Participle

armada f sg
* feminine singular of armado

### Further reading

* “armado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014