armada English · revision 1933

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɑːˈmɑːdə/ ''(UK)''; /ɑɹˈmɑdə/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|es|armada|t=armed force, fleet]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|la-med|armata|t=armed force, fleet]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from Latin ''armāta'', a form of ''armātus'' “armed”, past participle of ''armāre'' “to arm”.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) It is related to [[army]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A fleet of warships (1533).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word first appeared in the misspelled form ''armado'', gradually corrected to ''armada'' in the 1600s;^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989) Etymonline dates the current form to the 1590s.^(Etymonline) The fleet sent by Philip II of Spain against England in 1588 was called the Spanish Armada by 1613 and the Invincible Armada by 1632.^(Etymonline) The word was also used for a single large warship, a sense now obsolete.^(OED 1989) It is now applied to any large group of moving things, such as vehicles or aircraft.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1533 – ''armado'', a fleet of warships.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1586 – a single large warship, now obsolete.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1599 – the spelling ''armada'' (OED).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1613 – ''Spanish Armada''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1632 – ''Invincible Armada''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[fleet]] of [[warship|alt=warships]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A large group of moving things, such as boats, vehicles or [[aircraft]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Proper noun===

+ # The [[Spanish Armada]], sent by Philip II against England in 1588.^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[army]]

+ * [[arm]]

+ * [[armament]]

+ * [[armadillo]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}