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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian аппара́т (apparát, “apparatus, apparat”). Doublet of apparatus.

Pronunciation

Noun

apparat (plural apparats)

  1. The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.
    • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 184:
      The second thing to absorb was that, behind all the spontaneity and eroticism and generalized “festival of the oppressed” merrymaking, a grim-faced Communist apparat was making preparations for an end to the revels and a serious seizure of the state.

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Danish

Etymology

German Apparat (“device, apparatus”), from Latin apparātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aparat/, , /apərat/,

Noun

apparat n (singular definite apparatet, plural indefinite apparater)

  1. instrument, apparatus, appliance, machine
  2. device
  3. radio or TV set
  4. camera
  5. telephone, handset, extension
  6. machinery

Inflection

Declension of apparat
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative apparat apparatet apparater apparaterne
genitive apparats apparatets apparaters apparaternes

Further reading

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apparatus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pa.ʁa/
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Noun

apparat m (plural apparats)

  1. pomp, ceremony

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Further reading

Latin

Verb

apparat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of apparō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French apparat, from Latin apparatus.

Noun

apparat n (definite singular apparatet, indefinite plural apparat or apparater, definite plural apparata or apparatene)

  1. mechanical or electrical device, appliance or instrument
  2. apparatus

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French apparat, from Latin apparatus.

Noun

apparat n (definite singular apparatet, indefinite plural apparat, definite plural apparata)

  1. mechanical or electrical device, appliance or instrument
  2. apparatus

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French apparat, from Latin apparatus.

Pronunciation

Noun

apparat c

  1. an apparatus, a device; a complex machine or instrument, often run by electricity
  2. an apparatus; a bureaucratic organization, especially within the area of politics
  3. short for TV-apparat or radioapparat: TV set or radio receiver

Declension

Declension of apparat 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative apparat apparaten apparater apparaterna
Genitive apparats apparatens apparaters apparaternas

Derived terms

See also

  • apparatur (“apparatus (set of equipment)”)
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