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arsenale

arsenal

noun ahr-zeh-NAH-leh Rare

Origin: From Arabic dār aṣ-ṣināʿa (house of craft), via Venetian.

Also means

dockyard

Usage Note

Arsenale originally meant a naval shipyard — Venice's famous Arsenale was one of the largest in the medieval world. Today it also means a stockpile of weapons or, figuratively, a large collection of resources ('an arsenal of arguments'). It is masculine despite ending in -e.

Examples

"La polizia ha scoperto un vasto arsenale."

Natural Translation

The police discovered a vast arsenal.

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