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. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
4. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
5. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
6. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device. (heraldry) 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. (archaic) 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. Any specific class of wordplay element in a cryptic crossword.
11. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
12. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.

Concepts

dispositif

appareil

équipement

outil

instrument

périphérique

stratagème

matériel

engin

mécanisme

devise

installation

instrument de musique

manœuvre

moyen

plan

agrès

emblème

dessein

méthode

attirail

concevoir

outillage

artifice

biais

procédé

projet

ruse

appareillage

système

unité

idée

💡

équipements

gadget

aménagements

machine

apparaux

Synonymes

apparatus

instrument

equipment

appliance

contrivance

gadget

tool

means

trick

plan

scheme

machine

mechanism

implement

set

expedient

gear

⚙️

contraption

stratagem

artifice

method

invention

facilities

ruse

resource

manoeuvre

machinery

utensil

gismo

intrigue

arrangement

unit

dodge

set-up

secret

㊙️

shift

process

badge

plot

procedure

rig

medium

motto

figment

maneuver

musical instrument

clue

institution

idea

💡

engine

Traductions

Gerät

Vorrichtung

dispositivo

aparato

apparaat

dispositivo

Apparat

dispositivo

aparelho

apparecchio

Einrichtung

congegno

toestel

ferramenta

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˈvaɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: devis

In summary

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.