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Cognates

Cognate with Scots weepon (“weapon”), North Frisian woopen (“weapon”), Saterland Frisian Woapen (“weapon”), West Frisian wapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Alemannic German Waaffe (“tool”), Dutch wapen (“weapon”), German Waffe (“weapon”) and Wappen (“coat of arms”), Luxembourgish Waff (“weapon”), Yiddish וואָפֿן (vofn, “weapon”), Danish våben (“weapon; coat of arms”), Faroese vákn, vápn (“weapon; whaling lance”), Icelandic vopn (“weapon”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk våpen (“weapon”), Swedish vapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐍀𐌽 (wēpn, “weapon”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɛp.ən/Category:English 2-syllable words#WEAPONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WEAPON
IPA^(key): (obsolete) /ˈwiːp.ən/^[1]^[2]Category:English 2-syllable words#WEAPON Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WEAPON
Hyphenation: weap‧on

Noun

weapon (plural weapons)Category:English lemmas#WEAPON Category:English nouns#WEAPON Category:English countable nouns#WEAPON Category:English entries with incorrect language header#WEAPON Category:Pages with entries#WEAPON Category:Pages with 2 entries#WEAPON

An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
Synonym: armCategory:English links with manual fragments#WEAPON

Hypernyms: tool (often construed as coordinate) < instrumentCategory:English links with manual fragments#WEAPON

Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:weapon

The club that is now mostly used for golf was once a common weapon.
Category:English terms with usage examples#WEAPON
- 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
  Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. […] One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
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An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.Category:English terms with usage examples#WEAPON
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
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- 2011 January 15, Phil Dawkes, “Stoke 2-0 Bolton”, in BBC:
  Rory Delap's long throw-ins are a familiar weapon to the Potters' opponents but this does not make them any easier to defend against.
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(informal Category:English informal terms#WEAPON, humorous Category:English humorous terms#WEAPON) A tool of any kind.
Choose your weapon.Category:English terms with usage examples#WEAPON
(UK Category:British English#WEAPON, Ireland Category:Irish English#WEAPON, slang Category:English slang#WEAPON, derogatory Category:English derogatory terms#WEAPON) An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person.
Synonyms: moron, arse
(Australia Category:Australian English#WEAPON, slang Category:English slang#WEAPON) A very skilled, competent, or capable person or thing worthy of awe.
Synonyms: legend, champion, unit
- 2006 May 12, Joshua Dowling, “Brains or brawn”, in The Sydney Morning Herald‎:
  It has a whopping 5.4-litre V8, with a supercharger bolted to the top of it to help low-end pulling power. In short, it's a weapon and will happily dust a Porsche as easy as brushing your teeth.
  Category:English terms with quotations#WEAPON
- 2016 November 21, Marcus Tamp, “Hardcore 2016 Focus: Vices”, in The Music‎:
  We played Endless Heights' record release show earlier this year and during their set Christian from Endless Heights' lung collapsed, but he finished the set like an absolute weapon.
  Category:English terms with quotations#WEAPON
- 2020 October, Alley Pascoe, “Megan Washington's Love Letter To RuPaul”, in Marie Claire‎:
  I adore her in Easter Parade and Meet Me in St. Louis, but my favourite performance of hers is her concert at [New York’s] Carnegie Hall. She’s a total weapon on that stage.
  Category:English terms with quotations#WEAPON
- 2021 April 20, Will Swanton, “From one goofy-footer to another: American Caroline Marks 'stoked' to win Narrabeen Classic”, in The Australian‎:
  American teenager Caroline Marks was trotting across the sand on her dream day at North Narrabeen when Luke Egan called out to her: "You weapon!" [...] Egan was mentoring Marks in between commentary stints. He was one of the people to chair the weapon up the beach, calling out to her: "What did I tell you!"
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Category:en:Genitalia#WEAPON(rare Category:English terms with rare senses#WEAPON, slang Category:English slang#WEAPON) The human genitals.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:genitalia
- 2013 December 3, Beamon, “Lord Love Me” (track 2), in The BeamGod: Lost Files‎:
  Young motherfucking legend, niggas just pretending
  I spit my shit, infectious, don't come in my section
  Or get wet bitch with that weapon
  Lift the pussy, yeah I bench press it, and I been stressing since a adolescent
  Category:English terms with quotations#WEAPON
- 2017 April 13, Mavado, “Ride All Night (My Kinda Girl)”‎ (in Jamaican Creole):
  Weh you get da pussy deh from?
  Hey, gyal me love you
  Md love the way you use your weapon
  Gyal, your pussy tight like a vice grip
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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- 2019 February 14, “Jimmy Neutron” (track 4), in NQTATS aka CAVIN KON (lyrics), A Taste Of My Heart‎:
  Bring my baby a present
  Put your head on the dresser
  She open her legs, then I whip out my weapon
  Sj immortal, the fuck is checking
  Category:English terms with quotations#WEAPON
- 2019 June 29, “3 Minutes”, Rio Da Yung OG (lyrics)‎:
  I bust a bitch down in forty-five seconds
  If it's good, Imma pop two Percs, and come back for seconds
  She probably got a felony, that's an illegal weapon
  Stick my whole hand in her pussy, I was tryna stretch it
  Category:English terms with quotations#WEAPON

Derived terms

Translations

instrument of attack or defense in combat

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Abkhaz: абџьар (abdžar)Category:Terms with Abkhaz translations#WEAPON
Afrikaans: wapen (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#WEAPON
Albanian: armë (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#WEAPON, shkluhë fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#WEAPON (archaic)
Altai:
Southern Altai: мылтык (mïltïk)Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations#WEAPON, мылтык-јепсел (mïltïk-ǰepsel)Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations#WEAPON
Amharic: የጦር መሣሪያ (yäṭor mäśariya)Category:Terms with Amharic translations#WEAPON
Arabic: سِلَاح m (silāḥ)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#WEAPON, أَسْلِحَة (ar) pl (ʔasliḥa)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#WEAPON
Egyptian Arabic: سلاح m (silāḥ)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#WEAPON
Aragonese: armaCategory:Terms with Aragonese translations#WEAPON
Aramaic:
Hebrew script: זינא m (zaynā’)Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#WEAPON

Syriac: ܙܝܢܐ m (zaynā’)Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#WEAPON
Armenian: զենք (hy) (zenkʻ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#WEAPON
Aromanian: armã fCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#WEAPON, tufecheCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#WEAPON
Asturian: arma fCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#WEAPON
Avar: ярагъ (jarağ)Category:Terms with Avar translations#WEAPON
Azerbaijani: silah (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#WEAPON, yaraqCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#WEAPON
Bashkir: ҡорал (qoral)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#WEAPON
Basque: arma (eu)Category:Terms with Basque translations#WEAPON
Bats: გერწ class dd (gerc̣)Category:Terms with Bats translations#WEAPON
Belarusian: збро́я f (zbrója)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#WEAPON, ару́жжа n (arúžža)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#WEAPON
Bengali: অস্ত্র (bn) (ostro)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#WEAPON, হাতিয়ার (bn) (hatiẏar)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#WEAPON
Breton: arm (br) mCategory:Terms with Breton translations#WEAPON
Bulgarian: оръ́жие (bg) n (orǎ́žie)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#WEAPON
Burmese: လက်နက် (my) (laknak)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#WEAPON
Buryat: зэбсэг (zebseg)Category:Terms with Buryat translations#WEAPON
Carpathian Rusyn: збро́я f (zbrója)Category:Terms with Carpathian Rusyn translations#WEAPON
Catalan: arma (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#WEAPON
Cebuano: hinagibanCategory:Terms with Cebuano translations#WEAPON
Chechen: герз (gerz)Category:Terms with Chechen translations#WEAPON
Chinese:
Cantonese: 武器 (mou⁵ hei³)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#WEAPON Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#WEAPON, 兵器 (bing¹ hei³)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#WEAPON Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#WEAPON

Dungan: җүнчи (žünči)Category:Terms with Dungan translations#WEAPON

Hokkien: 武器 (zh-min-nan) (bú-khì)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#WEAPON

Mandarin: 武器 (zh) (wǔqì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#WEAPON Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#WEAPON, 兵器 (zh) (bīngqì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#WEAPON Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#WEAPON, 軍器 / 军器 (zh) (jūnqì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#WEAPON Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#WEAPON

Wu: 武器 (⁶vu-chi)Category:Terms with Wu translations#WEAPON
Chukchi: ирвын (irvyn)Category:Terms with Chukchi translations#WEAPON
Circassian:
West Circassian: ӏашэ (ʼašɛ)Category:Terms with West Circassian translations#WEAPON, ашэ (ašɛ)Category:Terms with West Circassian translations#WEAPON
Czech: zbraň (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#WEAPON
Dalmatian: jarma fCategory:Terms with Dalmatian translations#WEAPON
Danish: våben (da) nCategory:Terms with Danish translations#WEAPON
Dutch: wapen (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#WEAPON
Egyptian:

(jry)Category:Terms with Egyptian translations,

(ꜥḥꜣw)Category:Terms with Egyptian translations
Esperanto: armiloCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#WEAPON
Estonian: relv (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#WEAPON
Extremaduran: armaCategory:Terms with Extremaduran translations#WEAPON
Faroese: vápn nCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#WEAPON
Finnish: ase (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WEAPON, astalo (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WEAPON
French: arme (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#WEAPON
Frisian:
Saterland Frisian: Woapen nCategory:Terms with Saterland Frisian translations#WEAPON

West Frisian: wapenCategory:Terms with West Frisian translations#WEAPON
Friulian: arme fCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#WEAPON
Galician: arma (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#WEAPON
Georgian: იარაღი (ka) (iaraɣi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#WEAPON, საჭურველი (sač̣urveli)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#WEAPON
Old Georgian: საბრძოლელი (sabrʒoleli)Category:Terms with Old Georgian translations#WEAPON, საბრძოლი (sabrʒoli)Category:Terms with Old Georgian translations#WEAPON, საჭურველი (sač̣urveli)Category:Terms with Old Georgian translations#WEAPON, საჭურავი (sač̣uravi)Category:Terms with Old Georgian translations#WEAPON, საჭური (sač̣uri)Category:Terms with Old Georgian translations#WEAPON
German: Waffe (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#WEAPON
Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐍀𐌽 n (wēpn)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#WEAPON
Greek: όπλο (el) n (óplo)Category:Terms with Greek translations#WEAPON
Ancient Greek: ὅπλον n (hóplon)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#WEAPON, (Epic) ἄορ n (áor)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#WEAPON
Greenlandic: sakkuCategory:Terms with Greenlandic translations#WEAPON
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} mbokaCategory:Terms with Paraguayan Guarani translations#WEAPON Category:Requests for review of Paraguayan Guarani translations#WEAPON (firearm)
Gujarati: શસ્ત્ર (gu) (śastra)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#WEAPON, હથિયાર n (hathiyār)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#WEAPON
Hebrew: כְּלִי נֶשֶׁק (he) m (kli néshek)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#WEAPON
Hiligaynon: hinganibanCategory:Terms with Hiligaynon translations#WEAPON
Hindi: हथियार (hi) m (hathiyār)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#WEAPON, शस्त्र (hi) m (śastra)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#WEAPON, आयुध (hi) m (āyudh)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#WEAPON
Hungarian: fegyver (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#WEAPON
Icelandic: vopn (is) nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#WEAPON
Ido: armo (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#WEAPON
Ilocano: igamCategory:Terms with Ilocano translations#WEAPON
Indonesian: senjata (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#WEAPON
Ingush: герз (gerz)Category:Terms with Ingush translations#WEAPON
Interlingua: armaCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#WEAPON
Irish: armCategory:Terms with Irish translations#WEAPON
Isnag: ixamCategory:Terms with Isnag translations#WEAPON
Italian: arma (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#WEAPON
Japanese: 武器 (ja) (ぶき, buki)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#WEAPON, 兵器 (ja) (へいき, heiki)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#WEAPON
Javanese: gaman (jv)Category:Terms with Javanese translations#WEAPON
Kannada: ಆಯುಧ (kn) (āyudha)Category:Terms with Kannada translations#WEAPON
Karachay-Balkar: сауут (sawut)Category:Karachay-Balkar terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#WEAPON Category:Terms with Karachay-Balkar translations#WEAPON
Kazakh: қару (qaru)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#WEAPON
Khmer: គ្រឿងអាវុធ (krɨəng ʼaavut)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#WEAPON, អាវុធ (km) (ʼaavut)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#WEAPON
Kongo: butaCategory:Terms with Kongo translations#WEAPON
Korean: 무기(武器) (ko) (mugi)Category:Terms with Korean translations#WEAPON, 병기(兵器) (ko) (byeonggi)Category:Terms with Korean translations#WEAPON
Kumyk: савут (sawut)Category:Terms with Kumyk translations#WEAPON
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: چەک (ckb) (çek)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#WEAPON

Northern Kurdish: çek (ku) fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#WEAPON, sîleh (ku) mCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#WEAPON
Kyrgyz: курал (ky) (kural)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#WEAPON, курал-жарак (kural-jarak)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#WEAPON, жарак (ky) (jarak)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#WEAPON
Ladin: erma fCategory:Terms with Ladin translations#WEAPON
Lao: ຄຳເພິງ (kham phœng)Category:Terms with Lao translations#WEAPON, ອາວຸດ (lo) (ʼā wut)Category:Terms with Lao translations#WEAPON
Latin: tēlum nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#WEAPON, arma (la) n plCategory:Terms with Latin translations#WEAPON
Latvian: ierocis mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#WEAPON
Lithuanian: ginklas mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#WEAPON
Low German: Wapen nCategory:Terms with Low German translations#WEAPON
Middle Low German: wapen (wâpen)Category:Terms with Middle Low German translations#WEAPON
Lü: ᦁᦱᦞᦴᧉᦒ (ʼaavuu²th)Category:Terms with Lü translations#WEAPON
Luxembourgish: Waff (lb) fCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#WEAPON
Macedonian: оружје n (oružje)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#WEAPON
Malay: senjata (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#WEAPON
Malayalam: ആയുധം (ml) (āyudhaṁ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#WEAPON
Maltese: arma fCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#WEAPON
Marathi: शस्त्र (śastra)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#WEAPON, हत्यार n (hatyār)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#WEAPON
Middle English: wepenCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#WEAPON
Mirandese: armaCategory:Terms with Mirandese translations#WEAPON
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: зэвсэг (mn) (zevseg)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#WEAPON

Mongolian script: ᠵᠡᠪᠰᠡᠭ (ǰebseg)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#WEAPON
Naga:
Khiamniungan Naga: tūoCategory:Terms with Khiamniungan Naga translations#WEAPON
Nenets:
Tundra Nenets: мирв (ḿirw°)Category:Tundra Nenets terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#WEAPON Category:Terms with Tundra Nenets translations#WEAPON
Nogai: савыт (savıt)Category:Terms with Nogai translations#WEAPON
Norwegian:
Bokmål: våpen (no) nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#WEAPON

Nynorsk: våpen nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#WEAPON
Occitan: arma (oc) fCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#WEAPON
Odia: ଶସ୍ତ୍ର (or) (śastra)Category:Terms with Odia translations#WEAPON
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: орѫжиѥ n (orǫžije)Category:Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations#WEAPON
Old East Slavic: оружие n (oružije)Category:Terms with Old East Slavic translations#WEAPON
Old English: wǣpn nCategory:Terms with Old English translations#WEAPON
Old Galician-Portuguese: armaCategory:Terms with Old Galician-Portuguese translations#WEAPON
Old Norse: vápn nCategory:Terms with Old Norse translations#WEAPON
Pali: āvudha nCategory:Terms with Pali translations#WEAPON
Pannonian Rusyn: оружиє n (oružije)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#WEAPON
Pashto: وسله (ps) f (wasla)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#WEAPON, اسلحه (ps) f (asleha)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#WEAPON
Persian:
Iranian Persian: سِلاح (selâh)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#WEAPON Category:Terms with Persian translations#WEAPON, اَسْلَحِه (aslahe)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#WEAPON Category:Terms with Persian translations#WEAPON, اَسْلِحِه (aslehe)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#WEAPON Category:Terms with Persian translations#WEAPON
Polish: broń (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#WEAPON, oręż (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#WEAPON
Portuguese: arma (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#WEAPON
Punjabi: ਹਥਿਆਰ (hathiāra)Category:Terms with Punjabi translations#WEAPON
Romanian: armă (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#WEAPON
Romansh: arma fCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#WEAPON
Russian: ору́жие (ru) n (orúžije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#WEAPON
Sami:
Northern Sami: vearjuCategory:Terms with Northern Sami translations#WEAPON
Sanskrit: आयुध (sa) n (āyudha)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#WEAPON
Sardinian: àrma fCategory:Terms with Sardinian translations#WEAPON
Scots: wappenCategory:Terms with Scots translations#WEAPON
Scottish Gaelic: arm (gd) mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#WEAPON
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̀рӯжје nCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WEAPON

Latin: òrūžje (sh) nCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WEAPON
Shan: လၢၵ်ႈၼၢၵ်ႈ (shn) (lāak nāak)Category:Terms with Shan translations#WEAPON, ၵွင်ႈၵၢင်ႇ (shn) (kāung kàang)Category:Terms with Shan translations#WEAPON
Sicilian: arma (scn) fCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#WEAPON
Slovak: zbraň (sk) fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#WEAPON
Slovene: orožje nCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#WEAPON
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: broń fCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#WEAPON

Upper Sorbian: bróń fCategory:Terms with Upper Sorbian translations#WEAPON
Spanish: arma (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#WEAPON
Swahili: silaha (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#WEAPON
Swedish: vapen (sv) n or n plCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#WEAPON
Tagalog: sandataCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#WEAPON
Tajik: силоҳ (tg) (siloh)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#WEAPON, яроқ (yaroq)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#WEAPON, аслиҳа pl (asliha)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#WEAPON
Tamil: ஆயுதம் (ta) (āyutam)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#WEAPON
Taos: hų́łolinąCategory:Terms with Taos translations#WEAPON
Tatar: корал (tt) (qoral)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#WEAPON
Telugu: ఆయుధము (te) (āyudhamu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#WEAPON
Thai: อาวุธ (th) (aa-wút)Category:Terms with Thai translations#WEAPON
Tibetan: མཚོན་ཆ (mtshon cha)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#WEAPON, གོ་མཚོན (go mtshon)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#WEAPON
Tigrinya: ብረት (bərät)Category:Terms with Tigrinya translations#WEAPON
Tupinambá: popesûaraCategory:Terms with Tupinambá translations#WEAPON
Turkish: silah (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#WEAPON, yarak (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#WEAPON, savut (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#WEAPON
Ottoman Turkish: سلاح (silâh)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#WEAPON
Turkmen: ýaragCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#WEAPON
Tuvan: чепсек (çepsek)Category:Terms with Tuvan translations#WEAPON
Ukrainian: збро́я (uk) f (zbrója)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#WEAPON, ору́жжя n (orúžžja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#WEAPON (obsolete)
Urdu: ہَتِھیار m (hathiyār)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#WEAPON, اَسْلِحَہ f pl (asliha)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#WEAPON, اَسْلَحَہ f pl (aslaha)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#WEAPON
Uyghur: قورال (qoral)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#WEAPON
Uzbek: qurol (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#WEAPON, yarogʻ (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#WEAPON, siloh (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#WEAPON (dated)
Venetan: arma (vec)Category:Terms with Venetan translations#WEAPON
Vietnamese: vũ khí (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#WEAPON (武器Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#WEAPON), binh khí (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#WEAPON (兵器Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#WEAPON)
Welsh: arf (cy) m or fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#WEAPON, erfyn mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#WEAPON
Yiddish: וואָפֿן m or n (vofn)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#WEAPON, כּלי־זיין m or n (klezayen)Category:Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#WEAPON Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#WEAPON
Zazaki: çekCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#WEAPON
Zhuang: cungqcaxCategory:Terms with Zhuang translations#WEAPON, vujgiCategory:Terms with Zhuang translations#WEAPON

means of harming or exerting control

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Dutch: wapen (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#WEAPON
Greek: όπλο (el) n (óplo)Category:Terms with Greek translations#WEAPON
Norwegian:
Bokmål: våpen (no) nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#WEAPON
Russian: ору́жие (ru) n (orúžije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#WEAPON
Spanish: baza (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#WEAPON
Swahili: vilaha (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#WEAPON
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: سلاح (silâh)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#WEAPON

Verb

weapon (third-person singular simple present weapons, present participle weaponing, simple past and past participle weaponed)Category:English lemmas#WEAPON Category:English verbs#WEAPON Category:English entries with incorrect language header#WEAPON Category:Pages with entries#WEAPON Category:Pages with 2 entries#WEAPON

(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#WEAPON) To equip with a weapon; to arm.
- 1868, Henry Wilson, History of the Reconstruction Measures of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, 1865-68, page 425:
  […] the friends of the country and of the equal rights of all men, the friends of enfranchising the black man and of weaponing his hand for defense; the friends of taking the governments of these rebel States out of the hands of their rebel possessors, […]
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Bulgarian: въоръжавам (bg) (vǎorǎžavam)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#WEAPON
Norwegian:
Bokmål: væpneCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#WEAPON
Russian: вооружа́ть (ru) impf (vooružátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#WEAPON, вооружи́ть (ru) pf (vooružítʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#WEAPON

References

↑ Krapp, George Philip (1925), The English Language in America‎, volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 91.
↑ Hall, Joseph Sargent (2 March 1942), “1. The Vowel Sounds of Stressed Syllables”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 4, page 21.

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(Late Middle English Category:Late Middle English#WEAPON) alternative form of wepen (“weapon”)

[1] Krapp, George Philip (1925), The English Language in America‎, volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 91.

[2] Hall, Joseph Sargent (2 March 1942), “1. The Vowel Sounds of Stressed Syllables”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 4, page 21.

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