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See also: aparát and aparāt

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apparātus.

Pronunciation

Noun

aparat m (plural aparats)

  1. (figurative) pomp, ceremony
  2. (politics) apparatus
    Synonym: aparell

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Further reading

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch apparaat, from Middle French apparat, from Latin apparātus. Doublet of aparatus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aparat/
  • Hyphenation: apa‧rat

Noun

aparat (first-person possessive aparatku, second-person possessive aparatmu, third-person possessive aparatnya)

  1. (dated) apparatus, device
    Synonyms: alat, aparatus, perkakas
  2. apparatus, staff who work directly on maintaining operations; in particular those of a bureaucracy

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Further reading

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish aparat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaparat/
  • Syllabification: a‧pa‧rat

Noun

aparat m inan

  1. apparatus (device with some function)
  2. (medicine) device (tool that helps someone with a defect or after a disease)
  3. (biology) system (set of organs responsible for carrying out specific body functions)
  4. apparatus (system of institutions)
  5. apparatus (entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished)

Noun

aparat m pers

  1. (colloquial) funny guy (person who shocks or makes others laugh with his actions)

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “aparat”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1-2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “aparat”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • aparat”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latvian

Verb

aparat

  1. second-person plural present indicative of apart

Masurian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish aparat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Syllabification: a‧pa‧rat

Noun

aparat m inan

  1. apparatus (device with some function)

Further reading

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “aparat”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 129

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin apparātus. First attested in 1549.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈpa.rat/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /aˈpa.rɒt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -arat
  • Syllabification: a‧pa‧rat

Noun

aparat m inan (diminutive aparacik, related adjective aparatowy)

  1. apparatus (device with some function)
    1. (informal, photography) photographic camera
      Synonyms: aparat fotograficzny, cyfrak
    2. (telephony) mobile phone, handset
  2. (medicine) device (tool that helps someone with a defect or after a disease)
    aparat słuchowyhearing aid
    1. (dentistry, informal) braces
  3. (biology) system (set of organs responsible for carrying out specific body functions)
  4. apparatus (entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished)
    Synonyms: aparatura, instrumentarium
  5. (literary) apparatus (system of institutions)
  6. (obsolete) utensil, tool, accessory
    Synonym: przybór
  7. (Middle Polish) preparations; trouble, effort, toil; enthusiasm
  8. (Middle Polish) ceremony, celebration; magnificence, splendor
  9. (Middle Polish) method, way
    Synonyms: metoda, sposób
  10. (Middle Polish) goods; equipment, belongings

Declension

Noun

aparat m pers (female equivalent aparatka)

  1. (colloquial) funny guy (person who shocks or makes others laugh with his actions)
    Synonyms: agregat, aparacik, model, numer, numerant

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

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adjectives

Descendants

  • Kashubian: aparat
  • Masurian: aparat

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), aparat is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 31 times in scientific texts, 11 times in news, 19 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 4 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 71 times, making it the 904th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “aparat”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “aparat”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “aparat”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “aparat”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  5. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “aparat”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 9

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apparatus, German Apparat, French apparat (with senses from appareil). Technically a doublet of apărat, the past participle of apăra (corresponding to Latin apparatus).

Pronunciation

Noun

aparat n (plural aparate)

  1. apparatus
  2. radio receiver
  3. telephone

Declension

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References

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

apàrāt m (Cyrillic spelling апа̀ра̄т)

  1. apparatus

Declension

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Apparat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈparat/
  • Rhymes: -arat
  • Syllabification: a‧pa‧rat

Noun

aparat m inan (diminutive aparacik)

  1. apparatus (device with some function)

Further reading

  • aparat in silling.org
  • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “aparat”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKRBL, page 61
  • Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “aparat”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 24