arms

See also: Arms, ARMs, and ärms

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑɹmz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːmz/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mz

Etymology 1

From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.

Noun

arms pl

1. Weaponry, weapons.
2. (heraldry) A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, consisting of a coat of arms normally displayed upon an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement

   The arms of England are: gules, three lions passant gardant or.

   • 1950 June, Michael Robbins, “Heraldry of London Underground Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 382:

     The Metropolitan Electric trams bore the three seaxes of the Middlesex arms, with a crown above the shield, on a blue circle.

Derived terms

• antiarms
• armsbearing
• arms dealer
• armshouse
• armsmaker
• arms trafficking
• Berney Arms
• Bronwydd Arms
• coat of arms
• Craven Arms
• feat of arms
• Holland Arms
• in arms
• passage at arms

 

Translations

heraldic design

• Danish: våben (da) n
• German: Wappen (de) n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: våpen (no) n

  Nynorsk: våpen n

• Swedish: vapen (sv) n

Verb

arms

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of arm

   If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!

Etymology 2

See arm.

Noun

arms

1. plural of arm

Anagrams

• M.R.A.S., S/MAR, MRAs, SARM, MRSA, mas'r, Mars, ASMR, MSAR, Rams, RAMs, Masr, AMRs, ASRM, rasm, MARS, SRAM, mars, rams

Afrikaans

Noun

arms

1. plural of arm

Danish

Noun

arms c

1. indefinite genitive singular of arm

Gothic

Romanization

arms

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃

Icelandic

Noun

arms

1. indefinite genitive singular of armur

Swedish

Noun

arms

1. indefinite genitive singular of arm

Anagrams

• Mars, mars, rams