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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