weapon

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
2. An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
3. (humorous, informal) A tool of any kind.
4. (Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person.
5. (Australia, slang) A very skilled, competent, or capable person or thing worthy of awe.
6. (rare, slang) The human genitals.

Verb

To equip with a weapon; to arm.

Concepten

wapen

geschut

kogel

uitrusting

wapens

projectiel

artillerie

militaire uitrusting

Synoniemen

arms

arm

gun

🔫

spear

armament

missile

rifle

weaponry

artillery

weapons

instrument

weapon system

ordnance

firearms

piece

tool

automatic rifle

bow

🙇

missiles

munition

opposition

ordinance

pistol

saber

shield

🛡️

shot gun

sword

utensil

lethal weapon

lethal tools

redshirt

army

arrow

cannon

contradiction

dagger

🗡️

deterrent

engine

equipment

gunnery

guns

hunting

incompatibility

iron

lance

life preserver

means

military equipment

Vertalingen

arme

Waffe

arma

arma

arma

όπλο

arma

سلاح

arma

çek

👗

sîleh

silah

armas

telum

🎯

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈwɛp.ən/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: wepen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: wǣpn

Verwant aan Schots: wapyn

Verwant aan Fries: wapen

Verwant aan Nederlands: wapen

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: wapen

Verwant aan Duits: Waffe

Verwant aan Deens: våben

Verwant aan Zweeds: vapen

Verwant aan Noors - Bokmål: våpen

Verwant aan IJslands: vopn

In summary

From Middle English wepen, from Old English wǣpn, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną (“weapon”), of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wēbnom. Cognate with Scots wapyn, wappen (“weapon”), Saterland Frisian Woapen (“weapon”), West Frisian and Dutch wapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), German Waffe (“weapon”) and Wappen (“coat of arms”), Low German wapen (“weapon”), Luxembourgish Waff (“weapon”), Danish våben (“weapon; coat of arms”), Faroese vápn, vákn (“weapon; whaling lance”), Icelandic vopn (“weapon”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk våpen (“weapon”), Swedish vapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Yiddish וואָפֿן (vofn, “weapon”).