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arsenal

arsenal, armoury

noun ahr-suh-NAHL Rare

Also means

collection of tools or resources

Usage Note

Arsenal originally meant a naval shipyard and weapons store; today it is widely used figuratively for any large collection of means or tools (un arsenal de mesures, a battery of measures). The plural arsenaux follows the -al→-aux pattern.

Examples

"La police a saisi un important arsenal d'armes."

Natural Translation

Police seized a large arsenal of weapons.

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