attirail

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French

Etymology

From Old French atirer +‎ -ail.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ti.ʁaj/
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Noun

attirail m (uncountable)

  1. paraphernalia, equipment
    • 2019 September 11, “Cinéma : avec « Deux moi », Cédric Klapisch dresse le portrait des trentenaires d’aujourd’hui”, in Le Monde:
      Nouveauté parmi tant d’autres chez ces trentenaires-là : chaque moment de la vie se voit scandé et homogénéisé par tout un attirail d’applications.
      A novelty among many others for these thirty-somethings is that every moment of their lives is punctuated and homogenized by a whole array of apps.

Descendants

  • Swedish: attiralj

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