weaponry

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈwɛpənri/ UK /ˈwɛpənri/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
weapons collectively

The museum displayed medieval weaponry, from broadswords to crossbows.

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1 noun · weapons collectively armsarmamentsordnance munitions arsenal weapons

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Related forms weaponweaponize

Etymology

From weapon (Old English wǣpen, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną) plus the collective suffix -ry.

wǣpen Old English *wēpną Proto-Germanic

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# weaponry

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈwɛpənri
**IPA (UK):** ˈwɛpənri

## Meanings
1. weapons collectively

## Examples
- The museum displayed medieval weaponry, from broadswords to crossbows.

## Synonyms
- arms
- armaments
- ordnance
- munitions
- arsenal
- weapons

## Related Forms
- weapon
- weaponize

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: wǣpen
- Root: *wēpną

## Etymology
From weapon (Old English wǣpen, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną) plus the collective suffix -ry.

## AI Etymology
weaponry comes from weapon (Old English wǣpen, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną) plus the collective suffix -ry. Morphologically, the word is transparent: -ry is attached to the older base named in the history, so the modern form packages an inherited or borrowed stem inside a later English derivative. In modern use, the noun sense is "weapons collectively", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as weapon, weaponize, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Old English wǣpen, Proto-Germanic *wēpną, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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