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6-letter words (2 found)

ARMADA,RAMADA,

5-letter words (2 found)

DAMAR,DRAMA,

4-letter words (4 found)

DRAM,MAAR,MARA,MARD,

3-letter words (9 found)

AMA,ARD,ARM,DAM,MAA,MAD,MAR,RAD,RAM,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AD,AM,AR,DA,MA,

You can make 23 words from armada according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of armada

armada

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish armada (fleet, navy), from Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armō, from arma. Doublet of army.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːˈmɑːdə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɑɹˈmɑdə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːdə

Noun

armada (plural armadas)

  1. A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.
  2. Any large army or fleet of military vessels.
  3. A large flock of anything.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Damara, ramada

Catalan

Etymology

From the feminine past participle of armar, corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armāre, from arma (arms).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ərˈma.ðə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [aɾˈma.ða]

Noun

armada f (plural armades)

  1. navy

Adjective

armada f sg

  1. feminine singular of armat

Participle

armada f sg

  1. feminine singular of armat

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish armada.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑrmɑ(ː)dɑ/, [ˈɑ̝rmɑ̝(ː)dɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrmɑdɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ar‧ma‧da
  • Hyphenation(key): ar‧ma‧da

Noun

armada

  1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

Declension

Further reading

  • armada”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • draama

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish armada. Doublet of armée.

Pronunciation

Noun

armada f (plural armadas)

  1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

Descendants

  • Romanian: armadă

Further reading

  • “armada”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay armada, from Portuguese armada, from Medieval Latin armāta.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /arˈmada/ [arˈma.da]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: ar‧ma‧da

Noun

armada (plural armada-armada)

  1. armada

Further reading

  • “armada” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Ladino

Noun

armada f (plural armadas)

  1. army

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese armada, from Medieval Latin armāta.

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /a(r)ˈmada/ [a(r)ˈma.da]
  • (Baku) IPA(key): /arˈmada/ [arˈma.da]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧da

Noun

armada (Jawi spelling ارمادا)

  1. A fleet of warships; an armada.
  2. A flock of trade ships.

Descendants

  • Indonesian: armada

Further reading

  • “armada” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish armada.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arˈma.da/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: ar‧ma‧da

Noun

armada f

  1. (military) armada (a fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada)
  2. (military) armada(any large army or fleet of military vessels)
  3. (by extension, literary) armada(a large flock of anything)

Declension

Further reading

  • armada in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • armada in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From armar +‎ -ada (or the feminine past participle of armar), corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armāre, from arma (arms). Cf. also Italian armata.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧da

Noun

armada f (plural armadas)

  1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

Descendants

  • Malay: armada
    • Indonesian: armada
  • Bengali: হার্মাদ (harmad)

Adjective

armada f sg

  1. feminine singular of armado

Participle

armada f sg

  1. feminine singular of armado

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan armada. Compare Italian armata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /armáːda/

Noun

armȃda f

  1. army

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From the feminine past participle of armar, corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine perfect passive participle of Latin armāre, from arma (arms).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾˈmada/ [aɾˈma.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: ar‧ma‧da

Noun

armada f (plural armadas)

  1. navy
  2. fleet

Descendants

  • English: armada
  • French: armada
    • Romanian: armadă
  • Finnish: armada
  • Polish: armada
  • Turkish: armada

Adjective

armada f sg

  1. feminine singular of armado

Participle

armada f sg

  1. feminine singular of armado

Further reading

  • “armado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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