armada
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish armada (“fleet, navy”), from Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armō, from arma. Doublet of army.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːˈmɑːdə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ɑɹˈmɑdə/
- Rhymes: -ɑːdə
Noun
armada (plural armadas)
- A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.
- Any large army or fleet of military vessels.
- A large flock of anything.
- An armada of insects attacked us every day at sunset.
Translations
a fleet of warships
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a large army or fleet
Anagrams
Etymology
From the feminine past participle of armar, corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armāre, from arma (“arms”).
Pronunciation
Noun
armada f (plural armades)
Adjective
armada f sg
Participle
armada f sg
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
armada
Declension
| Inflection of armada (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | armada | armadat | |
| genitive | armadan | armadoiden armadoitten armadojen | |
| partitive | armadaa | armadoita armadoja | |
| illative | armadaan | armadoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | armada | armadat | |
| accusative | nom. | armada | armadat |
| gen. | armadan | ||
| genitive | armadan | armadoiden armadoitten armadojen armadain rare | |
| partitive | armadaa | armadoita armadoja | |
| inessive | armadassa | armadoissa | |
| elative | armadasta | armadoista | |
| illative | armadaan | armadoihin | |
| adessive | armadalla | armadoilla | |
| ablative | armadalta | armadoilta | |
| allative | armadalle | armadoille | |
| essive | armadana | armadoina | |
| translative | armadaksi | armadoiksi | |
| abessive | armadatta | armadoitta | |
| instructive | — | armadoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “armada”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
armada f (plural armadas)
Descendants
- → Romanian: armadă
Further reading
- “armada”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
From Malay armada, from Portuguese armada, from Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armō, from arma.
Pronunciation
Noun
armada (first-person possessive armadaku, second-person possessive armadamu, third-person possessive armadanya)
- armada:
- a fleet of warships.
- a large flock of anything
Further reading
- “armada” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Noun
armada f (Latin spelling, plural armadas)
Etymology
From Portuguese armada, from Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armō, from arma.
Pronunciation
Noun
armada (Jawi spelling ارمادا)
Descendants
- Indonesian: armada
Further reading
- “armada” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
armada f
- (military) armada (a fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada)
- (military) armada (any large army or fleet of military vessels)
- (by extension, literary) armada (a large flock of anything)
Declension
Declension of armada
Further reading
Etymology
From armar + -ada (or the feminine past participle of armar), corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armāre, from arma (“arms”). Cf. also Italian armata.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧da
Noun
armada f (plural armadas)
Descendants
Adjective
armada f sg
Participle
armada f sg
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
armȃda f
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | armáda | ||
| gen. sing. | armáde | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
armáda | armádi | armáde |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
armáde | armád | armád |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
armádi | armádama | armádam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
armádo | armádi | armáde |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
armádi | armádah | armádah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
armádo | armádama | armádami |
Etymology
From the feminine past participle of armar, corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine perfect passive participle of Latin armāre, from arma (“arms”).
Pronunciation
Noun
armada f (plural armadas)
Descendants
Adjective
armada f sg
Participle
armada f sg
Further reading
- “armado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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