Masculine
Apparat
Meaning
- (masculine,strong) apparatus, device, machine (complex instrument)
- (masculine,strong) apparat, apparatus (organisation, especially bureaucratic)
- (masculine,strong) the entirety of an editor's critical notes to a text, (loosely also) other appended information, such as indices etc.
- (abbreviation,alt-of,dated,masculine,strong) Short for Telefonapparat (“telephone”).
Concepts
gadget
jobbyjobber
phone extension
indoor wiring
inner line
Synonyms
Fon
Hilfsgerät
Sprechapparat
Hilfsvorrichtung
Telefonapparat
Endgerät
Zubehörgerät
Zubehörteil
Widget
technisches Ding
öffentliche Hand
Zusatzteil
Mini-Anzeigeprogramm
Grafikobjekt
nützliches Gerät
Gadget
Beamtenapparat
Bürokratismus
Fernsprechapparat
Meßinstrument
Nebenanschluss
Nebenstelle
neumodischer Apparat
Telephon
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Ap‧pa‧rat
Pronounced as (IPA)
/apaˈʁaːt/
Etymology
In summary
15th century, from Latin apparātus, perhaps in part through somewhat earlier Middle Low German appārāt (14th c.). See English apparatus for more.
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