armement
French, noun/aʁ.mə.mɑ̃/
armement is spelled A-R-M-E-M-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written French, the 8,212th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Armement is a French masculine noun meaning “armament” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’armer, de préparer en vue de la guerre”.
What does armement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearmament
- 2
masculinearming
- 3
masculinefinal stages of the building of a ship (painting, equipment, etc.)
- 4
masculinepreparing a ship for a commercial mission
- 5
masculineby extension: shipping company
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’armer, de préparer en vue de la guerre. 2. Ensemble des armes qui constitue une partie de l’équipement d’un soldat. 3. Ensemble des armes offensives d’un navire de guerre. 4. Fin de la construction d’un bateau (pose de la peinture, pose des canots de sauvetage,…).
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 armement
- armements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce armement?
- /aʁ.mə.mɑ̃/
- \aʁ.mə.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to armement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is armement in French?
armement appears 7.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).