Definition
Plural of armary; repositories, wardrobes, or storage spaces for weapons, clothing, or ceremonial items, especially in historical or religious contexts.
Etymology
From Middle English and Old French armerie, related to Latin arma (weapons). Originally referred specifically to weapon collections, but expanded to mean any organized storage space for valuable items in institutions.
Kelly Says
The word armaries reveals how castles, cathedrals, and estates had specialized rooms for everything—there was an armory for swords, an armary for fine clothes, and a treasury for gold—showing medieval people understood organization like modern storage systems.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
መ Schweiz Wardrobe
me schweiz wardrobe
BNবাংলা
একটি জামাকাটা
ekti ja-ma-ka-ta
CACatalà
armario
ar-ma-ree-oh
DADansk
garderober
gar-de-robs
DEDeutsch
Schränke
shrank-eh
ELΕλληνικά
αρmoires
ar-mo-rees
ESEspañol
armarios
ar-ma-ree-ohs
FRFrançais
armoires
ar-mwah
HIहिन्दी
अलमारी
al-ma-ree
HUMagyar
szekrények
shek-re-nyek
IDBahasa Indonesia
lemari
le-ma-ree
ITItaliano
armadi
ar-ma-dee
MSBahasa Melayu
kabinet
ka-bi-net
NLNederlands
kasten
kast-en
NONorsk
garderober
gar-de-robs
PTPortuguês
armários
ar-ma-ree-ohs
SVSvenska
garderobs
gar-de-robs
SWKiswahili
kabati
ka-ba-ti
THไทย
ตู้เสื้อผ้า
too seua pha
TLTL
aparador
a-pa-ra-dor
TRTürkçe
dolaplar
do-lap-lar
VITiếng Việt
tủ quần áo
tu quan ao
ZUZU
ikhabithi
i-kha-bi-thi