ordnance

Etymology
A reduced form of, which is attested from the late 14th century in the sense of "military equipment or provisions". The sense of "artillery" arises in the early 15th century, the sense "military logistics" in the late 15th century. The shortened form arises by the 17th century, now often distinguished in writing from the other meanings of. Also.

Pronunciation

 * ,, often
 * ,, very often
 * ,, very often

Noun

 * 1) Military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition.
 * 2) * 1624,, , Meditation XVI., in The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne, ed. Charles M. Coffin, New York: Modern Library (1952), pp. 438-40:
 * When the Turkes took Constantinople, they melted the Bells into Ordnance; I have heard both Bells and Ordnance, but never been so much affected with those, as with these Bells.
 * 1) Artillery.

Usage notes

 * Although prescriptive authorities say this word should now be pronounced with only two syllables, the original pronunciation with three syllables (like, from which this word derives) remains very common. (Shakespeare used both. )

Translations

 * Chinese:
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 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ; sotamateriaali, sotatarvike
 * German: Militärmaterial,
 * Japanese: 軍用品
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: муни́ција
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: у́бојни сре́дства, артиле́риски ору́дија
 * Polish:
 * Russian: артиллери́йские ору́дия
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
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 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: артиле́рија
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: