aparat

See also: aparát and aparāt

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apparātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.pəˈɾat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.paˈɾat]

Noun

aparat m (plural aparats)

1. (figurative) pomp, ceremony
2. (politics) apparatus

   Synonym: aparell

Derived terms

• aparatós

Further reading

• “aparat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “aparat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “aparat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• apparaat (1901–1947)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aparat/
• Hyphenation: apa‧rat
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

aparat (plural aparat-aparat)

1. (dated) apparatus, device

   Synonyms: alat, aparatus, perkakas

2. apparatus, staff who work directly on maintaining operations; in particular those of a bureaucracy

Related terms

• aparatur
• aparatus

 

Further reading

• “aparat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish aparat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpa.rat/
• Rhymes: -arat
• 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^[2]
• “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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin apparātus. First attested in 1549.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈpa.rat/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /aˈpa.rɒt/
• (Masovia):
  • (Masuria) IPA^(key): /aˈpa.rat/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arat
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧rat

Noun

aparat m inan (diminutive aparacik, related adjective aparatowy)

1. apparatus (device with some function) [with do (+ genitive) ‘for what’]
   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 słuchowy ― hearing 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

Declension of aparat

	singular	plural
nominative	aparat	aparaty
genitive	aparatu	aparatów
dative	aparatowi	aparatom
accusative	aparat	aparaty
instrumental	aparatem	aparatami
locative	aparacie	aparatach
vocative	aparacie	aparaty

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

Declension of aparat

	singular	plural
nominative	aparat	aparaci/aparaty (deprecative)
genitive	aparata	aparatów
dative	aparatowi	aparatom
accusative	aparata	aparatów
instrumental	aparatem	aparatami
locative	aparacie	aparatach
vocative	aparacie	aparaci

Derived terms

nouns

• aparatczyk
• aparatownia
• aparatura

 

Related terms

adjectives

• aparatczykowski
• aparaturowy

 

Descendants

• → Kashubian: 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.

Further reading

• aparat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aparat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Krystyna Siekierska (23.08.2023) “APARAT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “aparat”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “aparat”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aparat”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 47
• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “aparat”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 129

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.paˈrat/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: a‧pa‧rat

Noun

aparat n (plural aparate)

1. device

   Synonym: dispozitiv

   aparat radio ― radio receiver (literally, “radio device”)

   aparat de cafea ― coffee maker (literally, “coffee device”)

   aparat de ras ― electic razor (literally, “shaving device”)

   aparat de sudură ― welding machine (literally, “welding device”)

2. (physiology, mildly dated) system (set of organs)

   Synonym: sistem

3. apparatus (bureaucratic system)

   aparat de stat ― state apparatus

4. weight training machine
5. (informal) slot machine
6. (gymnastics) apparatus (sport implement)
7. (obsolete) pomp

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	aparat	aparatul		aparate	aparatele
genitive-dative	aparat	aparatului		aparate	aparatelor
vocative	aparatule			aparatelor

Derived terms

• aparat auditiv
• aparat cardiovascular
• aparat circulator
• aparat critic
• aparat dentar
• aparat digestiv
• aparat foto
• aparat respirator

Related terms

• aparataj
• aparatură

References

• aparat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

apàrāt m (Cyrillic spelling апа̀ра̄т)

1. apparatus

Declension

Declension of aparat

	singular	plural
nominative	apàrāt	aparati
genitive	aparáta	aparata
dative	aparatu	aparatima
accusative	aparat	aparate
vocative	aparate	aparati
locative	aparatu	aparatima
instrumental	aparatom	aparatima

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Apparat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpa.rat/
• Rhymes: -arat
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧rat

Noun

aparat m inan (diminutive aparacik)

1. apparatus (device with some function) [with do (+ genitive) ‘for what’]

Further reading

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