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appel aux armes

French, noun/a.pɛ.l‿o.z‿aʁm/

appel aux armes is a French masculine noun meaning “call to arms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Signal qui se fait avec le clairon pour assembler les soldats”.

What does appel aux armes mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecall to arms

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Signal qui se fait avec le clairon pour assembler les soldats.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of appel aux armes

  • appels aux armes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce appel aux armes?

  • /a.pɛ.l‿o.z‿aʁm/
  • /a.pe.l‿o.z‿aʁm/
  • \a.pɛ.l‿o.z‿aʁm\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.