# army
## English
### Etymology

From (1386) Middle English armee, borrowed from Old French armee (cf. modern French armée), from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), a noun taken from the past participle of Latin armāre (“to arm”), itself related to arma (“tools, arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). Doublet of armada. Displaced native Old English here and fierd.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ä'mē, IPA: /ˈɑː.miː/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* (General American) enPR: är'mē, IPA: /ˈɑɹ.mi/
* Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) enPR: ä'mē, IPA: /ˈɐː.mi(ː)/
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mi

### Noun

army (plural armies)
* A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
** 1858, Prince George, letter to Sir Colin Campbell:
    An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians.
    The army was sent in to quell the uprising.
** 1970 September 13, Robie MacAuley, “The Army as one of life's awful necessities”, in The New York Times‎:This taut, soldierly, professional story is something of a stranger among American novels about war making. Angry civilians have writ ten most of the best fiction on the subject, from “Three Soldiers” through “Catch‐22,” to make the point (with a good deal of literary overkill) that wars are mass insanity and that armies are madhouses.
** Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.
    The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.
** (often capitalized) Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).
    The Fourth Army suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second Army, also deployed on the Western front.
* The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
    The army opposed the legislature's involvement.
* (figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
    It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.
    On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.
** 2021 February 2, Nathaniel Popper, Kellen Browning, Erin Griffith, “Robinhood’s C.E.O. Is in the Hot Seat”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:Mr. Tenev, 33, is now in the hot seat again after Robinhood abruptly curtailed its customers’ trading last week amid a frenzy in stocks such as GameStop, which were driven sky high by an army of online investors.
* (figuratively) A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.
    Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.
* (figuratively) Any multitude.
    There was an army of construction cranes working on building the skyscraper.
* The military as a whole.
    The People's Liberation Army Navy of China.
    The Yugoslav Army consisted of the War Navy, Ground Forces, and Air Force.
    Iran's army consists of the Navy, Ground Forces, and Air Force.

#### Synonyms

* host
* here

#### Derived terms

* 50 cent army, fifty-cent army, fifty cent army
* an army marches on its stomach
* antiarmy
* armied
* army ant
* army base
* army boot, army boots
* army brat
* army crawl
* army creole
* army cutworm
* army golf
* army green
* army group
* armyless
* armylike
* armyman
* armyspeak
* army surplus
* army time
* army volunteer
* armywear
* armyworm, army-worm, army worm
* Black Army
* Black Flag Army
* Blue Army
* bonsai army
* flying army
* Fred Karno's army
* general of the army, General of the Army
* green army, Green Army
* interarmy
* keyboard army
* Lord's Resistance Army
* mud army
* nonarmy
* old army game
* one-man army
* people's army
* puppet army
* Red Army
* standing army
* Swiss Army knife
* Swiss Army penknife
* troll army
* White Army
* you and what army, you and whose army?
* you and whose army

#### Related terms

* armament
* arm, arms, armed
* armor, armour

#### Translations

Abkhaz: армия (armija), ар (ar)
Afrikaans: leër (af), weermag (af)
Albanian: armatë (sq) f, ushtri (sq) f
Amharic: ሰራዊት (särawit), የጦር ኃይል (yäṭor ḫayl)
Arabic: جَيْش m (jayš)
Chadian Arabic: دیش m (dēš)
Egyptian Arabic: جيش m (gēš)
Hijazi Arabic: جيش m (jēš)
South Levantine Arabic: جيش m (jēš)
Aragonese: exercito m
Armenian: բանակ (hy) (banak)
Aromanian: ashcheri, urdhii, oaste
Assamese: সেনা (xena)
Asturian: exércitu m
Avar: аскар (askar)
Azerbaijani: ordu (az), qoşun (az), ərteş (South Azerbaijani)
Bashkir: ғәскәр (ğəskər)
Basque: gudaroste (eu), armada
Belarusian: а́рмія f (ármija), во́йска n (vójska)
Bengali: সেনা (bn) (śena), ফৌজ (bn) (phōuj), লস্কর (bn) (loskor)
Bislama: ami
Breton: arme (br) f, lu (br) m
Bulgarian: а́рмия (bg) f (ármija), войска́ (bg) f (vojská)
Burmese: စစ်တပ် (my) (cactap), တပ်မတော် (my) (tapma.tau), ကြည်းတပ် (my) (krany:tap)
Catalan: exèrcit (ca) m, host (ca) f
Cebuano: kasundalohan
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵙⵔⴷⴰⵙⵜ f (tasrdast)
Chechen: эскар (eskar), арми (armi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 陸軍 / 陆军 (luk$^6$ gwan$^1$), 軍隊 / 军队 (gwan$^1$ deoi$^{6-2}$)
Dungan: җүндуй (žünduy)
Eastern Min: 軍隊 / 军队 (gŭng-dôi)
Hakka: 陸軍 / 陆军 (liu̍k-kiûn), 軍隊 / 军队 (kiûn-chhui / kiûn-tui)
Hokkien: 陸軍 / 陆军 (zh-min-nan) (lio̍k-kun), 軍隊 / 军队 (kun-tūi)
Mandarin: 陸軍 / 陆军 (zh) (lùjūn), 軍隊 / 军队 (zh) (jūnduì)
Northern Min: 軍隊 / 军队 (gé̤ng-dṳ̄)
Wu: 陸軍 / 陆军 ($^8$loq-ciun), 軍隊 / 军队 ($^1$ciun-de)
Chuvash: ҫар (śar)
Crimean Tatar: ordu
Czech: armáda (cs) f, vojsko (cs) n
Danish: hær (da) c, arme c, landstyrke c (specifically land)
Dutch: leger (nl) n, landmacht (nl), weermacht (nl) f
Egyptian: (mšꜥ)
Erzya: ушмо (ušmo)
Esperanto: armeo
Estonian: maavägi
Faroese: herur (fo) m
Finnish: maavoimat (fi), armeija (fi)
French: armée (fr) f
Friulian: armade f, esercit
Galician: exército (gl) m
Ge'ez: ጸብእ (ṣäbʾ)
Georgian: ჯარი (ǯari), არმია (armia), სახმელეთო ჯარი (saxmeleto ǯari), სახმელეთო ჯარები (saxmeleto ǯarebi), სახმელეთო ძალები (saxmeleto ʒalebi), ლაშქარი (laškari), სპა (sṗa)
German: Heer (de) n, Landstreitkräfte (de) f pl, Armee (de) f
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 m (harjis)
Greek: στρατός (el) m (stratós), στράτευμα (el) n (strátevma), στρατιά (el) f (stratiá)
Ancient: στρατός m (stratós), στράτευμα n (stráteuma), στρατιά f (stratiá)
Gujarati: આર્મી (ārmī), સેના f (senā)
Gullah: aa’my
Hebrew: צָבָא (he) m (tsavá)
Hindi: सेना (hi) f (senā), आर्मी (hi) f (ārmī), थलसेना f (thalsenā), लश्कर m (laśkar), लशकर (hi) m (laśkar), फ़ौज f (fauj), फौज (hi) f (phauj), अस्कर (hi) m (askar), सैन्य (hi) m (sainya), थल सेना f (thal senā)
Hungarian: hadsereg (hu)
Icelandic: her (is) m
Ido: armeo (io)
Indonesian: tentara (id), angkatan darat (id)
Ingrian: armia, voiska
Ingush: эскар (eskar)
Irish: arm m, armáil f (literary)
Italian: esercito (it) m
Japanese: 陸軍 (ja) (りくぐん, rikugun), 軍隊 (ja) (ぐんたい, guntai)
Javanese: perjurit
Kannada: ಸೇನೆ (kn) (sēne)
Karachay-Balkar: аскер (asker)
Kazakh: әскер (äsker)
Khmer: កងទ័ព (kɑɑng tŏəp), ទ័ព (km) (tŏəp), តស្ករ (taʼskɑɑ)
Komi-Zyrian: чукӧр (ćukör)
Korean: 육군(陸軍) (ko) (yukgun), 륙군(陸軍) (ko) (ryukgun) (North Korea), 군대(軍隊) (ko) (gundae)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئۆردوو (ordû), جاش (caş)
Northern Kurdish: artêş (ku), ordî (ku), leşker (ku)
Kyrgyz: армия (ky) (armiya), аскер (ky) (asker)
Lao: ກອງທັບບົກ (lo) (kǭng thap bok), ທັບ (thap), ກອງທັບ (kǭng thap), ພົນລະກາຍ (phon la kāi), ພົນລະຂັນ (phon la khan), ພົນ (phon), ແສນຍາກອນ (sǣn nyā kǭn), ໂຍທາທັບ (nyō thā thap)
Latin: exercitus m
Latvian: armija f, karaspēks m
Ligurian: esèrcito
Lithuanian: armija (lt) f, kariuomenė (lt) f
Luhya: ejeshi
Luxembourgish: Arméi f
Macedonian: војска f (vojska), армија f (armija)
Malagasy: tafika (mg)
Malay: tentera (ms), tahang (ms) (Pattani)
Malayalam: പട്ടാളം (ml) (paṭṭāḷaṁ)
Maltese: armata f
Manchu: ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠ (cooha)
Maori: ope
Marathi: आर्मी (ārmī), लष्कर (laṣkar), सेना (senā)
Middle English: armee, ferde
Middle Persian: [script needed] (gwnd /⁠gund⁠/)
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: арми (mn) (armi), цэрэг (mn) (cereg)
Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠮᠢ (armi), ᠴᠡᠷᠢᠭ (čerig)
Nanai: чаоха (čaoha)
Navajo: siláo
Nepali: सेना (ne) (senā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hær (no) m, armé (no) m
Nynorsk: hær m, armé m
Occitan: armada (oc) f
Odia: ସେନା (senā)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: воиска f (voiska)
Old East Slavic: воиско n (voisko)
Old English: here m, fierd f
Old Javanese: bala
Old Persian: 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭 (spādaʰ)
Oromo: raayaa
Ossetian: ӕфсад (æfsad), арми (armi)
Ottoman Turkish: لشكر (leşker), عسكر (ʼasker), چری (çeri), اردو (ordu)
Pali: yuddhasenā f, senā f
Pannonian Rusyn: армия f (armija)
Pashto: پوځ (ps) (pwj), لښکر (ps) m (lax̌kar), اردو (ps) f (ordu), عسکر (ps) m ('askar)
Persian: گند (fa) (gond) (classic)
Iranian Persian: اَرْتِش (arteš), لَشْکَر (laškar), عَسْکَر (askar), اُرْدو (ordu), سِپاه (sepâh)
Plautdietsch: Häa n
Polish: armia (pl) f, wojsko (pl) n
Portuguese: exército (pt) m
Punjabi: ਸੈਨਾ (pa) f (sainā)
Romanian: armată (ro) f, oaste (ro) f
Romansch: armada f, armeda f
Russian: а́рмия (ru) f (ármija), во́йско (ru) n (vójsko) (usually plural: войска́ (ru) n pl (vojská))
Sanskrit: स्थलसैन्यं (sthalasainyaṃ), सेना (sa) f (senā)
Sardinian: esertzitu m
Scottish Gaelic: armailt m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: во́јска f, а̀рмија f
Roman: vójska (sh) f, àrmija (sh) f
Sicilian: esèrcitu (scn) m, asèrcitu (scn) m
Sinhalese: ඇණිය (æṇiya), කඳවුර (kaⁿdawura)
Slovak: armáda (sk) f, vojsko n
Slovene: vojska (sl) f, armada f
Somali: askar
Spanish: ejército (es) m
Sranan Tongo: legre
Sudovian: kar'as m
Swahili: jeshi (sw) class ma
Swedish: armé (sv) c, här (sv) c
Tagalog: hukbong-kati
Tajik: армия (armiya), артиш (artiš), лашкар (laškar), аскар (askar) (dated)
Tamil: படை (ta) (paṭai), ராணுவம் (ta) (rāṇuvam)
Tatar: армия (armiyä), гаскәр (tt) (ğaskär), чирү (tt) (çirü)
Telugu: సేన (te) (sēna)
Thai: ทัพ (th) (táp), กองทัพ (th) (gɔɔng-táp), พล (th) (pon), กองทัพบก (th) (gɔɔng-táp-bòk)
Tibetan: དམག་དཔུང (dmag dpung)
Tigrinya: ሰራዊት (särawit)
Tocharian B: retke
Turkish: ordu (tr), leşker (tr)
Turkmen: goşun, oorda
Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎁𐎜 (ṣbủ)
Ukrainian: а́рмія (uk) f (ármija), ві́йсько n (víjsʹko)
Urdu: فَوج f (fauj), لَشْکَر m (laśkar), جَیش m (jaiś), سِپاہ f (sipāh), اُرْدُو (ur) f (urdū) (rare), عَسْکَر m ('askar), آرْمی f (ārmī)
Uyghur: ئارمىيە (armiye), قوشۇن (qoshun), ئەسكەر (ug) (esker)
Uzbek: armiya (uz), qoʻshin (uz), askar (uz)
Vietnamese: quân đội (vi) (軍隊), lục quân (vi) (陸軍)
Vilamovian: draowa
Volapük: milit (vo)
Walloon: årmeye
Welsh: byddin (cy) f, llu (cy) m
West Frisian: leger (fy) n
Xhosa: umkhosi
Yakut: аармыйа (aarmıya)
Yiddish: אַרמיי f (armey), חייל n (khayel)
Zazaki: aspar (diq) pl, lecker (diq), esker, cond
Zhuang: ginhdui
Zulu: impi (zu) class 9/10 :
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### See also

* navy
* Air Force
* Marines

### Anagrams

* Mary, Mayr, Myra, Yarm, mary, yarm