arms

Betekenis (English)

1. Weaponry, weapons.
2. A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, consisting of a coat of arms normally displayed upon an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement

weapons

weapon

weapons system

implements of war

armed warrior

upper limbs

armed soldier

ability

implement of war

armorial bearings

military equipment

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɑɹmz/

Inherited from Middle English

Cognate with Latyn

In summary

From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.

Nuut

arm

1. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
2. The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
3. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
4. The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
5. A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
6. A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
7. A branch of an organization.
8. Power; might; strength; support.
9. (slang) A pitcher
10. One of the two parts of a chromosome.
11. A group of patients in a medical trial.