device

Signification (Anglais)

1. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
2. A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
3. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
4. An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
5. A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
6. A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
7. Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
8. An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
9. An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
10. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
11. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.

Concepts

dispositif

appareil

équipement

instrument

outil

stratagème

périphérique

matériel

engin

mécanisme

plan

moyen

installation

devise

agrès

manœuvre

instrument de musique

unité

concevoir

procédé

dessein

projet

idée

aménagements

outillage

machine

méthode

artifice

ruse

système

emblème

biais

apparaux

gadget

appareillage

équipements

attirail

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˈvaɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English devis, devise, devyce, devys, devyse, from Old French devis and devise, from Latin dīvīsus, past participle of dīvidō (“to divide”). Doublet of devise (noun).

Phrases

The USB device didn't function correctly .

Le périphérique USB ne fonctionnait pas correctement.