# arsenal
## English
### Etymology

From Italian arsenale, also French arsenal, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”); دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɑːsənəl/, /ˈɑːsnəl/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈɑɹsənəl/, /ˈɑɹsnəl/
* (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈɐːsənəl/, /ˈɐːsnəl/, /ˈaːsənəl/, /ˈaːsnəl/

### Noun

arsenal (plural arsenals)
* A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
* A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.
* A store or supply of anything.
** 2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎:Foremost in her arsenal is that smile – so enormous and so absurdly disarming that someone should have worked out a way to harness its power into international conflict resolution.
* Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship
    He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work.
** 2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time‎:Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche.

#### Coordinate terms

* armory
* armoury

#### Derived terms

* arsenal of democracy
* arsenal plane
* arsenal ship
* cyberarsenal
* Redstone Arsenal

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ər.səˈnal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [aɾ.seˈnal]

### Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenals)
* arsenal (stock of weapons)
* arsenal (store or supply of anything)

### Further reading

* “arsenal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aʁ.sə.nal/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenaux)
* (military, nautical) arsenal

#### Descendants

* → Russian: арсенал (arsenal)
** → Georgian: არსენალი (arsenali)

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch arsenaal, from French arsenal, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”); دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [arsəˈnal]
* Hyphenation: ar‧sê‧nal

### Noun

arsênal (uncountable)
* arsenal, armoury: a military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel.

### Further reading

* “arsenal” 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.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁ.seˈnaw/ [ah.seˈnaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁ.seˈnaw/ [ah.seˈnaʊ̯]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aɾ.seˈnaw/ [aɾ.seˈnaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aʁ.seˈnaw/ [aχ.seˈnaʊ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aɻ.seˈnaw/ [aɻ.seˈnaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.sɨˈnal/ [ɐɾ.sɨˈnaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.sɨˈnal/ [ɐɾ.sɨˈnaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.sɨˈna.li/
* Hyphenation: ar‧se‧nal

### Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenais)
* arsenal (military establishment)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French arsenal.

### Noun

arsenal n (plural arsenale)
* arsenal, armoury

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /arsěnaːl/
* Hyphenation: ar‧se‧nal

### Noun

arsènāl m (Cyrillic spelling арсѐна̄л)
* arsenal

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “industry house”). Compare dársena and atarazana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɾseˈnal/ [aɾ.seˈnal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ar‧se‧nal

### Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenales)
* arsenal (stock of weapons)
* arsenal (store or supply of anything)
* dockyard

### Further reading

* “arsenal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French arsenal, from Italian arsenale.

### Noun

arsenal c
* arsenal

#### Derived terms

* kärnvapenarsenal
* vapenarsenal

### Further reading

* arsenal in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

### Anagrams

* lansera