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arme

weapon

noun ARM Common
People & Society Military

Also means

arm (heraldry)

Usage Note

Arme is feminine and covers everything from a knife to a firearm; the plural les armes can also mean a coat of arms in heraldic contexts. The idiom passer l'arme à gauche (literally 'to pass the weapon to the left') is a colloquial euphemism for dying. Armes à feu specifically means firearms.

Examples

"Il a posé son arme sur la table."

Natural Translation

He put his weapon on the table.

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