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Pronunciation / Transliteration: muniˈsjones
"Las fuerzas armadas recibieron un cargamento de municiones."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
Mounted guns; artillery, or military supplies such as weapons, ammunition, and combat vehicles.
"The military convoy was heavily loaded with ordnance and supplies."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English (in the sense 'arrangement, decree'): variant of ordinance, influenced by obsolete French ordonnance in the military sense.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "ordnance" is said worldwide
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munitions
Transliteration: my-ni-sjɔ̃
"L'armée a transporté des munitions vers la zone de front."
Artillerie
Transliteration: aʁtɪləˈʁiː
"Die Truppen wurden mit schwerer Artillerie verstärkt."
munizioni
Transliteration: mutsiˈnjoni
"Il deposito conteneva una grande quantità di munizioni."
municiones
Transliteration: muniˈsjones
"Las fuerzas armadas recibieron un cargamento de municiones."
munições
Transliteration: muˈisõis
"O comboio transportava armas e munições."
गोla-barood
Transliteration: gola-barood
Script: गोला-बारूद
"सेना ने सीमा पर गोला-बारूद जमा कर लिया है।"
军火
Transliteration: jūnhuǒ
"这支部队配备了先进的军火。"
군수품
Transliteration: gunsupum
"부대는 필수 군수품을 보급받았습니다."
軍需品
Transliteration: gunjuhin
"基地には多くの軍需品が保管されている。"
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