# arnis

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #98,982

## Definitions
1. Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art.
2. A stick made of rattan, bahi, yantok, yakal or kamagong, used in Philippine stickfighting.

## Etymology
From Tagalog arnis, from Spanish arnés in the archaic sense of “a chivalric set of weapons or armor” (compare English harness).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/arnis