apparat
See also: Apparat
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian аппара́т (apparát, “apparatus, apparat”). Doublet of apparatus.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɑːt
Noun edit
apparat (plural apparats)
- The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 184:
- The second thing to absorb was that, behind all the spontaneity and eroticism and generalized “festival of the oppressed” merrymaking, a grim-faced Communist apparat was making preparations for an end to the revels and a serious seizure of the state.
Related terms edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
German Apparat (“device, apparatus”), from Latin apparātus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
apparat n (singular definite apparatet, plural indefinite apparater)
- instrument, apparatus, appliance, machine
- device
- radio or TV set
- camera
- telephone, handset, extension
- machinery
Inflection edit
Declension of apparat
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | apparat | apparatet | apparater | apparaterne |
genitive | apparats | apparatets | apparaters | apparaternes |
Further reading edit
- “apparat” in Den Danske Ordbog
- apparat on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin apparatus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
apparat m (plural apparats)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “apparat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
apparat
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French apparat, from Latin apparatus.
Noun edit
apparat n (definite singular apparatet, indefinite plural apparat or apparater, definite plural apparata or apparatene)
- mechanical or electrical device, appliance or instrument
- apparatus
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “apparat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French apparat, from Latin apparatus.
Noun edit
apparat n (definite singular apparatet, indefinite plural apparat, definite plural apparata)
- mechanical or electrical device, appliance or instrument
- apparatus
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “apparat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French apparat, from Latin apparatus.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
apparat c
- an apparatus, a device; a complex machine or instrument, often run by electricity
- an apparatus; a bureaucratic organization, especially within the area of politics
- short for TV-apparat or radioapparat: TV set or radio receiver
Declension edit
Declension of apparat | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | apparat | apparaten | apparater | apparaterna |
Genitive | apparats | apparatens | apparaters | apparaternas |
Derived terms edit
- (bureaucratic organization): partiapparat
See also edit
- apparatur (“apparatus (set of equipment)”)