army
/ˈɑɹ.mi/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.06 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
noun
A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
noun
A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
noun
The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
noun
A large group of animals, especially caterpillars or social insects working toward the same purpose.
noun
The military as a whole.
Example Sentences
- "An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians."
- "The army was sent in to quell the uprising."
- "This taut, soldierly, professional story is something of a stranger among American novels about war making. Angry civilians have writ ten most of the best fiction on the subject, from “Three Soldiers” through “Catch‐22,” to make the point (with a good deal of literary overkill) that wars are mass insanity and that armies are madhouses."
- "The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force."
- "The Fourth Army suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second Army, also deployed on the Western front."
- "The army opposed the legislature's involvement."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos Proto-Italic *armosder. Latin arma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin armō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin armātus Anglo-Norman armeebor. Middle English armee English army From (1386) Middle English armee, borrowed from Old French armee (cf. modern French armée), from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), a noun taken from the past participle of Latin armāre (“to arm”), itself related to arma (“tools, arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). Doublet of armada. Displaced native Old English here and fierd.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂er-, armee, armāta, armāre
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɑɹ.mi/
- British English: /ˈɑː.mi/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Military, Music.