armada

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈmɑːdə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑɹˈmɑdə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːdə
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)ˈmeɪdə/^[1]

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.

   An armada of insects attacked us every day at sunset.

• Damara, ramada

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

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

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armada f (plural armades)

1. navy

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armat

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armat

From Spanish armada.

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

armada

1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

• “armada”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• draama

Borrowed from Spanish armada. Doublet of armée.

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armada f (plural armadas)

1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

• → Romanian: armadă

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

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

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

armada (plural armada-armada)

1. armada

• “armada”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

armada f (plural armadas)

1. army

Borrowed from Portuguese armada, from Medieval Latin armāta.

• (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): /a(r)ˈmada/ [a(r)ˈma.da]

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

armada (Jawi spelling ارمادا, uncountable)

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

• Indonesian: armada

• "armada" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Borrowed from Spanish armada.

• IPA^(key): /arˈma.da/

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ar‧ma‧da

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)

• “armada”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “armada”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

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.

• Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧da

armada f (plural armadas)

1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

• ⇒ Bengali: হার্মাদ (harmad)
• → Gujarati: અરમાર (aramār)
• → Malay: armada
  • Indonesian: armada
• → Marathi: अरमर (armar), अरमार (armār)

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armado

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armado

• “armada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “armada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Venetan armada. Compare Italian armata.

• IPA^(key): /armáːda/

armȃda f

1. army

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	armáda
gen. sing.	armáde
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	armáda	armádi	armáde
genitive (rodȋlnik)	armáde	armád	armád
dative (dajȃlnik)	armádi	armádama	armádam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	armádo	armádi	armáde
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	armádi	armádah	armádah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	armádo	armádama	armádami

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

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

armada f (plural armadas)

1. navy
2. fleet

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

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armado

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armado

• “armado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025