"weapon" in seven languages
Meaningweapon
Spanish
arma
/ˈaɾma/
fem.inherited
el arma (fem.), las armas
French
arme
/aʁm/
fem.inherited
Italian
arma
/ˈarma/
fem.inherited
plural: armi
Portuguese
arma
/ˈahmɐ/
fem.inherited
Romanian
armă
/ˈarmə/
fem.inherited
Catalan
arma
/ˈarmə/
fem.inherited
English
weapon
/ˈwɛpən/
native English · Old English wǣpen
English → ItalianweaponarmaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: arms, army, armour, alarm, armada.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ARMA (neuter plural)‘arms, weapons, gear’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin ARMA was a neuter plural, 'the gear'; its -a was reread as a feminine singular, so the sisters have a weapon where Latin had only weapons. English alarm is Italian all'arme 'to arms!'.
English relatives: arms, army, armour, alarm, armada
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In a sentence
- esLa policía encontró el arma.
- frLa police a trouvé l'arme.
- itLa polizia ha trovato l'arma.
- ptA polícia encontrou a arma.
- roPoliția a găsit arma.
- caLa policia va trobar l'arma.
- enThe police found the weapon.
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