army
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder.
Latin arma
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin armō
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Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Latin armātus
Anglo-Norman armeebor.
Middle English armee
English army
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.
Inflected forms:
form: armies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
pos: noun
examples: An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians.
The army was sent in to quell the uprising.
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.
gloss: A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
pos: noun
examples: The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.
gloss: A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
pos: noun
tags: capitalized
often
examples: The Fourth Army suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second Army, also deployed on the Western front.
gloss: The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
pos: noun
examples: The army opposed the legislature's involvement.
gloss: A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.
On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.
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.
gloss: A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.
gloss: Any multitude.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: There was an army of construction cranes working on building the skyscraper.
gloss: The military as a whole.
pos: noun
examples: 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
Related words: armament
arm
arms
armed
armor
armour
navy
Air Force
Marines
Derived words: 50 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
Army of Northern Virginia
armyspeak
army surplus
army time
army volunteer
armywear
army worm
army-worm
armyworm
Black Army
Black Flag Army
Blue Army
bonsai army
Epstein's army
fifty cent army
fifty-cent army
flying army
Fred Karno's army
General of the Army
general of the army
Greek People's Liberation 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
regular army
standing army
Swiss Army knife
Swiss Army penknife
troll arm
White Army
you and what army
you and whose army?
you and which army
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: армия
roman: armija
lang: Abkhaz
word: ар
roman: ar
lang: Afrikaans
word: leër
lang: Afrikaans
word: weermag
lang: Albanian
word: armatë
lang: Albanian
word: ushtri
lang: Amharic
word: ሰራዊት
roman: särawit
lang: Amharic
word: የጦር ኃይል
roman: yäṭor ḫayl
lang: Arabic
word: جَيْش
roman: jayš
lang: Chadian Arabic
word: دیش
roman: dēš
lang: Arabic
word: جيش
roman: gēš
lang: Arabic
word: جيش
roman: jēš
lang: Arabic
word: جيش
roman: jēš
lang: Aragonese
word: exercito
lang: Armenian
word: բանակ
roman: banak
lang: Aromanian
word: ashcheri
lang: Aromanian
word: urdhii
lang: Aromanian
word: oaste
lang: Assamese
word: সেনা
roman: xena
lang: Asturian
word: exércitu
lang: Avar
word: аскар
roman: askar
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ordu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qoşun
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ərteş
lang: Bashkir
word: ғәскәр
roman: ğəskər
lang: Basque
word: gudaroste
lang: Basque
word: armada
lang: Belarusian
word: а́рмія
roman: ármija
lang: Belarusian
word: во́йска
roman: vójska
lang: Bengali
word: সেনা
roman: śena
lang: Bengali
word: ফৌজ
roman: phōuj
lang: Bengali
word: লস্কর
roman: loskor
lang: Bislama
word: ami
lang: Breton
word: arme
lang: Breton
word: lu
lang: Bulgarian
word: а́рмия
roman: ármija
lang: Bulgarian
word: войска́
roman: vojská
lang: Burmese
word: စစ်တပ်
roman: cactap
lang: Burmese
word: တပ်မတော်
roman: tapma.tau
lang: Burmese
word: ကြည်းတပ်
roman: krany:tap
lang: Catalan
word: exèrcit
lang: Catalan
word: host
lang: Cebuano
word: kasundalohan
lang: Central Atlas Tamazight
word: ⵜⴰⵙⵔⴷⴰⵙⵜ
roman: tasrdast
lang: Chechen
word: эскар
roman: eskar
lang: Chechen
word: арми
roman: armi
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 陸軍 /陆军
roman: luk⁶ gwan¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 軍隊 /军队
lang: Chinese
word: җүндуй
roman: žünduy
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 軍隊 /军队
roman: gŭng-dôi
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 陸軍 /陆军
roman: liu̍k-kiûn
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 軍隊 /军队
roman: kiûn-chhui / kiûn-tui
lang: Chinese
word: 陸軍 /陆军
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 軍隊 /军队
roman: kun-tūi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 陸軍 /陆军
roman: lùjūn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 軍隊 /军队
roman: jūnduì
lang: Northern Min Chinese
word: 軍隊 /军队
roman: gé̤ng-dṳ̄
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 陸軍 /陆军
roman: ⁸loq-ciun
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 軍隊 /军队
roman: ¹ciun-de
lang: Chuvash
word: ҫар
roman: śar
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: ordu
lang: Czech
word: armáda
lang: Czech
word: vojsko
lang: Danish
word: hær
lang: Danish
word: arme
lang: Danish
word: landstyrke
lang: Dutch
word: leger
lang: Egyptian
word: A12-A1:Z2
roman: mšꜥ
lang: Erzya
word: ушмо
roman: ušmo
lang: Esperanto
word: armeo
lang: Estonian
word: maavägi
lang: Faroese
word: herur
lang: Finnish
word: maavoimat
lang: Finnish
word: armeija
lang: French
word: armée
lang: West-Frisian
word: leger
lang: Friulian
word: armade
lang: Friulian
word: esercit
lang: Galician
word: exército
lang: Ge'ez
word: ጸብእ
roman: ṣäbʾ
lang: Georgian
word: ჯარი
roman: ǯari
lang: Georgian
word: არმია
roman: armia
lang: Georgian
word: სახმელეთო ჯარი
roman: saxmeleto ǯari
lang: Georgian
word: სახმელეთო ჯარები
roman: saxmeleto ǯarebi
lang: Georgian
word: სახმელეთო ძალები
roman: saxmeleto ʒalebi
lang: Georgian
word: ლაშქარი
roman: laškari
lang: Georgian
word: სპა
roman: sṗa
lang: German
word: Heer
lang: German
word: Armee
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃
roman: harjis
lang: Greek
word: στρατός
roman: stratós
lang: Greek
word: στράτευμα
roman: strátevma
lang: Greek
word: στρατιά
roman: stratiá
lang: Ancient Greek
word: στρατός
roman: stratós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: στράτευμα
roman: stráteuma
lang: Ancient Greek
word: στρατιά
roman: stratiá
lang: Gujarati
word: આર્મી
roman: ārmī
lang: Gujarati
word: સેના
roman: senā
lang: Gullah
word: aa’my
lang: Hebrew
word: צָבָא
roman: tsavá
lang: Hebrew
word: חַיִל
roman: ẖáyil
lang: Hindi
word: सेना
roman: senā
lang: Hindi
word: थलसेना
roman: thalsenā
lang: Hindi
word: फ़ौज
roman: fauj
lang: Hindi
word: फौज
roman: phauj
lang: Hindi
word: सैन्य
roman: sainya
lang: Hindi
word: थल सेना
roman: thal senā
lang: Hungarian
word: hadsereg
lang: Icelandic
word: her
lang: Ido
word: armeo
lang: Indonesian
word: tentara
lang: Indonesian
word: angkatan darat
lang: Ingrian
word: armia
lang: Ingrian
word: voiska
lang: Ingush
word: эскар
roman: eskar
lang: Irish
word: arm
lang: Old Irish
word: arbar
lang: Italian
word: esercito
lang: Japanese
word: 陸軍
roman: rikugun
lang: Japanese
word: 軍隊
roman: guntai
lang: Javanese
word: perjurit
lang: Old Javanese
word: bala
lang: Kannada
word: ಸೇನೆ
roman: sēne
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: аскер
roman: asker
lang: Kashubian
word: wòjskò
lang: Kazakh
word: әскер
roman: äsker
lang: Khmer
word: កងទ័ព
roman: kɑɑng tŏəp
lang: Khmer
word: ទ័ព
roman: tŏəp
lang: Khmer
word: តស្ករ
roman: taʼskɑɑ
lang: Komi-Zyrian
word: чукӧр
roman: ćukör
lang: Korean
word: 육군
roman: yukgun
lang: Korean
word: 륙군
roman: ryukgun
lang: Korean
word: 군대
roman: gundae
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئۆردوو
roman: ordû
lang: Central Kurdish
word: جاش
roman: caş
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: artêş
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ordî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: leşker
lang: Kyrgyz
word: армия
roman: armiya
lang: Kyrgyz
word: аскер
roman: asker
lang: Lao
word: ກອງທັບບົກ
roman: kǭng thap bok
lang: Lao
word: ທັບ
roman: thap
lang: Lao
word: ກອງທັບ
roman: kǭng thap
lang: Lao
word: ພົນລະກາຍ
roman: phon la kāi
lang: Lao
word: ພົນລະຂັນ
lang: Lao
word: ພົນ
roman: phon
lang: Lao
word: ແສນຍາກອນ
roman: sǣ na nyā kǭn
lang: Lao
word: ໂຍທາທັບ
roman: nyō thā thap
lang: Latin
word: exercitus
lang: Latvian
word: armija
lang: Latvian
word: karaspēks
lang: Ligurian
word: esèrcito
lang: Lithuanian
word: armija
lang: Lithuanian
word: kariuomenė
lang: Luhya
word: ejeshi
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Arméi
lang: Macedonian
word: војска
roman: vojska
lang: Macedonian
word: армија
roman: armija
lang: Malagasy
word: tafika
lang: Malay
word: tentera
lang: Malay
word: tahang (Pattani)
lang: Malayalam
word: പട്ടാളം
roman: paṭṭāḷaṁ
lang: Maltese
word: armata
lang: Manchu
word: ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠ
roman: cooha
lang: Māori
word: ope
lang: Marathi
word: आर्मी
roman: ārmī
lang: Marathi
word: लष्कर
roman: laṣkar
lang: Marathi
word: सेना
roman: senā
lang: Middle English
word: armee
lang: Middle English
word: ferde
lang: Moksha
word: ушмо
roman: ušmo
lang: Mongolian
word: арми
roman: armi
lang: Mongolian
word: цэрэг
roman: cereg
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠠᠷᠮᠢ
roman: armi
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠴᠡᠷᠢᠭ
roman: čerig
lang: Nanai
word: чаоха
roman: čaoha
lang: Navajo
word: siláo
lang: Nepali
word: सेना
roman: senā
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: hær
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: armé
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: hær
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: armé
lang: Occitan
word: armada
lang: Odia
word: ସେନା
roman: senā
lang: Church Slavic
word: воиска
roman: voiska
lang: Old East Slavic
word: воиско
roman: voisko
lang: Old English
word: here
lang: Old English
word: fierd
lang: Oromo
word: raayaa
lang: Ossetian
word: ӕфсад
roman: æfsad
lang: Ossetian
word: арми
roman: armi
lang: Pali
word: yuddhasenā
lang: Pali
word: senā
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: армия
roman: armija
lang: Pashto
word: پوځ
roman: pwj
lang: Pashto
word: لښکر
roman: lax̌kar
lang: Pashto
word: اردو
roman: ordu
lang: Pashto
word: عسکر
roman: 'askar
lang: Persian
word: گند
roman: gond
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اَرْتِش
roman: arteš
lang: Iranian Persian
word: لَشْکَر
roman: laškar
lang: Iranian Persian
word: عَسْکَر
roman: askar
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اُرْدو
roman: ordu
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سِپاه
roman: sepâh
lang: Old Persian
word: 𐎿𐎱𐎠𐎭
roman: spādaʰ
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Häa
lang: Polish
word: armia
lang: Polish
word: wojsko
lang: Portuguese
word: exército
lang: Punjabi
word: ਸੈਨਾ
roman: sainā
lang: Romanian
word: armată
lang: Romanian
word: oaste
lang: Romansh
word: armada
lang: Romansh
word: armeda
lang: Russian
word: а́рмия
roman: ármija
lang: Russian
word: во́йско
roman: vójsko
lang: Sanskrit
word: स्थलसैन्यं
roman: sthalasainyaṃ
lang: Sanskrit
word: सेना
roman: senā
lang: Sardinian
word: esertzitu
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: armailt
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: во́јска
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: а̀рмија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vójska
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: àrmija
lang: Sicilian
word: esèrcitu
lang: Sicilian
word: asèrcitu
lang: Sinhalese
word: ඇණිය
roman: æṇiya
lang: Sinhalese
word: කඳවුර
roman: kaⁿdawura
lang: Slovak
word: armáda
lang: Slovak
word: vojsko
lang: Slovene
word: vojska
lang: Slovene
word: armada
lang: Somali
word: askar
lang: Spanish
word: ejército
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: legre
lang: Sudovian
word: kar'as
lang: Swahili
word: jeshi
lang: Swedish
word: armé
lang: Swedish
word: här
lang: Tagalog
word: hukbo
lang: Tagalog
word: hukbong-kati
lang: Tagalog
word: hukbong-sandatahan
lang: Tagalog
word: ehersito
lang: Tajik
word: армия
roman: armiya
lang: Tajik
word: артиш
roman: artiš
lang: Tajik
word: лашкар
roman: laškar
lang: Tajik
word: аскар
roman: askar
lang: Tamil
word: படை
roman: paṭai
lang: Tamil
word: ராணுவம்
roman: rāṇuvam
lang: Tamil
word: பட்டாளம்
roman: paṭṭāḷam
lang: Tamil
word: சேனை
roman: cēṉai
lang: Tatar
word: армия
roman: armiyä
lang: Tatar
word: гаскәр
roman: ğäskär
lang: Tatar
word: чирү
roman: çirü
lang: Telugu
word: సేన
roman: sēna
lang: Thai
word: ทัพ
roman: táp
lang: Thai
word: กองทัพ
roman: gɔɔng-táp
lang: Thai
word: พล
roman: pon
lang: Thai
word: กองทัพบก
roman: gɔɔng-táp-bòk
lang: Tibetan
word: དམག་དཔུང
roman: dmag dpung
lang: Tigrinya
word: ሰራዊት
roman: särawit
lang: Tocharian B
word: retke
lang: Turkish
word: ordu
lang: Turkish
word: leşker
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: لشكر
roman: leşker
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: عسكر
roman: ʼasker
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: چری
roman: çeri
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اردو
roman: ordu
lang: Turkmen
word: goşun
lang: Turkmen
word: oorda
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎕𐎁𐎜
roman: ṣbủ
lang: Ukrainian
word: а́рмія
roman: ármija
lang: Ukrainian
word: ві́йсько
roman: víjsʹko
lang: Urdu
word: فَوج
roman: fauj
lang: Urdu
word: لَشْکَر
roman: laśkar
lang: Urdu
word: جَیش
roman: jaiś
lang: Urdu
word: سِپاہ
roman: sipāh
lang: Urdu
word: اُرْدُو
roman: urdū
lang: Urdu
word: عَسْکَر
roman: 'askar
lang: Urdu
word: آرْمی
roman: ārmī
lang: Uyghur
word: ئارمىيە
roman: armiye
lang: Uyghur
word: قوشۇن
roman: qoshun
lang: Uyghur
word: ئەسكەر
roman: esker
lang: Uzbek
word: armiya
lang: Uzbek
word: qoʻshin
lang: Uzbek
word: askar
lang: Vietnamese
word: quân đội
lang: Vietnamese
word: lục quân
lang: Vilamovian
word: draowa
lang: Volapük
word: milit
lang: Walloon
word: årmeye
lang: Welsh
word: byddin
lang: Welsh
word: llu
lang: Xhosa
word: umkhosi
lang: Yakut
word: аармыйа
roman: aarmïya
lang: Yiddish
word: אַרמיי
roman: armey
lang: Yiddish
word: חייל
roman: khayel
lang: Zazaki
word: aspar (diq)
lang: Zazaki
word: lecker (diq)
lang: Zazaki
word: esker
lang: Zazaki
word: cond
lang: Zhuang
word: ginhdui
lang: Zulu
word: impi
lang: Catalan
word: exèrcit
lang: Danish
word: hær
lang: Dutch
word: leger
lang: Dutch
word: horde
lang: Dutch
word: bende
lang: Finnish
word: armeija
lang: German
word: Heer
lang: German
word: Schar
lang: Greek
word: στρατός
roman: stratós
lang: Greek
word: στρατιά
roman: stratiá
lang: Latvian
word: armija
lang: Polish
word: armia
lang: Portuguese
word: exército
lang: Romanian
word: mulțime
lang: Russian
word: а́рмия
roman: ármija
lang: Slovak
word: armáda
lang: Spanish
word: ejército