paraphernalia

Meaning

1. (plural, plural-only) Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity.
2. (archaic, plural, plural-only) Objects that a married woman owns, such as clothing and jewellery, apart from her dowry.

Synonyms

gear

⚙️

equipment

apparatus

accoutrement

appurtenances

tools

articles

accessory

appendages

appurtenance

equipage

outfit

impedimenta

baggage

tackling

things

fitment

fixture

fixtures

furnishings

furniture

gadget

garments

generator

goods

implement

implements

installations

instrument

instruments

kit

luggage

🧳

material

materials

means

property

provisions

regalia

suitcases

supplies

tool

trousseau

insignia of kingship

accessories

parapherna

accouterment

accouterments

accoutrements

adnexa

affix

Translations

parafernália

Zubehör

Utensilien

teçhizat

armamentario

parafernalia

uitrusting

adornos

attirail

matériel

σύνεργα

attrezzi

Austattung

Ausstattung

عُدّة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpæɹəfəˈneɪli.ə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin paraphernālia (“goods which a wife brings over and above her dowry”), use as noun (short for paraphernālia bona (“paraphernal goods”)) of neuter plural of paraphernālis, from Late Latin parapherna + Latin -ālis (suffix forming adjectives), from Ancient Greek παράφερνα (parápherna), a compound of παρά (pará, “beside”) + φερνή (phernḗ, “dowry”). In the propertied classes, a dowry was placed under the control of the husband, while the paraphernalia which she brought with her remained the wife’s property.