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Etymology 1

From Middle English < Old English earm, from Germanic *armi- or *arma-, from Proto-Indo-European *ar-mo-, a suffixed form of *ar- (“‘to fit together’”). Cognates to Avestan arma and Old Persian arma.

Noun

arms

  1. Plural form of arm.
    We laid down on the snowbank and moved our arms up and down to make snow angels.

Etymology 2

13th Century, from Old French, Latin arma.

Noun

arms

  1. (plural only; not used in singular form) Weapons.
    • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
      The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms.
  2. (heraldry) Synonym for coat of arms.
    The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.

Translations
weapons
  • Kurdish: چه‌ک
  • Macedonian: оружје mk(mk) (óružje) n. (1), грб mk(mk) (grb) m. (2)
  • Portuguese: armas pt(pt) f. pl.

Verb

arms

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arm.
    If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!

Swedish

Noun

arms

  1. indefinite singular genitive of arm

 

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