armada
armada
noun ar-mah-DAH Rare
Origin: from Spanish armada, 'armed fleet'
Also means
large fleet
Usage Note
Armada entered French from Spanish and can refer literally to a large naval fleet or figuratively to any huge assembled force: une armada de journalistes — 'a whole army of journalists'. It is always feminine in French. The plural is armadas.
Examples
"Une armada de bénévoles est arrivée."
Natural Translation
An army of volunteers arrived.

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