arsenal
/ˈɑɹsənəl/noun
arsenal is spelled A-R-S-E-N-A-L: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arsenal means “A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of arsenal is arsenals.
How many letters and syllables are in arsenal?
| Letters | 7: A-R-S-E-N-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 20 times per million words; the 4,224th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is arsenal?
Arsenal appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce arsenal?
- UK /ˈɑːsənəl/
- UK /ˈɑːsnəl/
- US /ˈɑɹsənəl/
Arsenal has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-arsenal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of arsenal
- arsenals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arsenal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
- 2
A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.
- 3
A store or supply of anything.
- 4
Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship.
He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arsenal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense military establishment:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | arsenal |
| German | Zeughaus, Waffenkammer, Arsenal, Waffenlager, Waffenvorrat |
| Portuguese | arsenal |
| Spanish | arsenal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does arsenal come from?
From Italian arsenale, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”), from دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).