equipment

English

Etymology

From equip +‎ -ment, or from French équipement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈkwɪpmənt/

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Noun

equipment (usually uncountable, plural equipments)

1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
   • 1756-1761, David Hume, The History of England:

     The equipment of the fleet was therefore hastened by de Witt ; in hopes that , by striking at first a successful blow , he might inspire courage into the dismayed States

2. Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.

   We need more gardening equipment if we want to properly landscape our yard, not just a rake and some gloves.

   The sports shop sells different kits of famous clubs, and equipment from all kind of sports.

   • 2013 July 11, Jo Confino, “How technology has stopped evolution and is destroying the world”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Tompkins is considered a hero in the deep ecology movement and works hand in hand with his wife Kris, the former CEO of the outdoor clothing and equipment company Patagonia.

   • 1851, Henry Longfellow, The Golden Legend

     Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight.

3. (slang, humorous) The male genitalia.

Synonyms

• gear, kit, rigging, tackle

Derived terms

• accessory equipment
• capital equipment
• data terminal equipment
• durable medical equipment
• electric vehicle supply equipment
• equipmentman
• personal protective equipment
• reequipment

 

Related terms

• equip

Translations

the act of equipping

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: екипи́ране (bg) n (ekipírane)
• Catalan: equipament m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: vybavení (cs) n
• Dutch: uitrusting (nl) f
• Finnish: varustaminen (fi), varustus (fi), pukeutuminen (fi)
• French: équipement (fr) m
• Galician: equipamento (gl) m
• Georgian: აღჭურვა (aɣč̣urva)
• German: Ausrüstung (de) f
• Hungarian: felszerelés (hu)
• Italian: equipaggiamento (it) m
• Korean: 장비(裝備) (ko) (jangbi)
• Latin: armāmentum n
• Polish: wyposażanie n
• Portuguese: equipagem (pt) f
• Romanian: echipare (ro) f, echipament (ro) n
• Russian: обору́дование (ru) n (oborúdovanije), снаряже́ние (ru) n (snarjažénije)
• Spanish: equipamiento m
• Swedish: utrustning (sv) c, utrustande (sv) n
• Turkish: ekipman (tr), donatım (tr), donatma (tr)
• Ukrainian: обла́днання n (obládnannja), споря́дження n (sporjádžennja)

whatever is used in equipping

• Albanian: pajisje (sq) f
• Arabic: مُعَدَّات‎ pl (muʕaddāt), تَجْهِيزَات‎ pl (tajhīzāt)
• Armenian: սարքավորում (hy) (sarkʿavorum)
• Azerbaijani: təchizat (az)
• Belarusian: абсталява́нне n (abstaljavánnje)
• Bengali: উপকরণ (bn) (upkoroṇ)
• Bulgarian: снаряже́ние (bg) n (snarjažénie), обору́дване (bg) n (oborúdvane), екипиро́вка (bg) f (ekipiróvka)
• Burmese: အဆောက်အဦ (my) (a.hcauk-a.u)
• Catalan: equipatge (ca) m, equipament m, equip (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 設備／设备 (zh) (shèbèi), 裝備／装备 (zh) (zhuāngbèi)

• Czech: vybavení (cs) n, výstroj f
• Danish: udstyr n
• Dutch: uitrusting (nl) f
• Estonian: varustus
• Finnish: varusteet (fi) pl, tarvikkeet (fi) pl, varustus (fi), kalusto (fi)
• French: équipement (fr) m
• Galician: equipamento (gl) m
• Georgian: აღჭურვილობა (aɣč̣urviloba)
• German: Ausrüstung (de) f
• Greek: εξοπλισμός (el) m (exoplismós)

  Ancient: ἄρτισις f (ártisis)

• Hebrew: צִיּוּד‎ m (tsiyúd)
• Hindi: उपकरण (hi) m (upakraṇ), औजार (hi) m (aujār)
• Hungarian: felszerelés (hu), berendezés (hu), eszköz (hu), gép (hu), készülék (hu)
• Icelandic: búnaður m
• Indonesian: peralatan (id), perlengkapan (id), perangkat (id)
• Irish: acmhainn f, airnéis f, gléasra m
• Italian: attrezzatura (it) f, equipaggiamento (it) m, apparecchiatura (it) f
• Japanese: 設備 (ja) (せつび, setsubi), 装備 (ja) (そうび, sōbi)
• Kazakh: жабдық (kk) (jabdyq)
• Khmer: ឧបករណ៍ (km) (ʼupaʼkɑɑ)
• Korean: 설비(設備) (ko) (seolbi), 장비(裝備) (ko) (jangbi)
• Kyrgyz: жабдуу (ky) (jabduu)
• Lao: ອຸປະກອນ (ʼu pa kǭn)
• Latin: armāmentum n
• Latvian: iekārtas m
• Lithuanian: įranga (lt) f
• Macedonian: опрема f (oprema)
• Malagasy: fitaovana (mg)
• Malay: peralatan (ms)
• Maori: taputapu, utauta
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utstyr n

  Nynorsk: utstyr n

• Persian: تجهیزات‎ (fa) (tajhizât)
• Polish: sprzęt (pl) m, oprzyrządowanie (pl) n, przybory m pl, wyposażenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: equipamento (pt) m
• Romanian: echipament (ro) n
• Russian: обору́дование (ru) n (oborúdovanije), снаряже́ние (ru) n (snarjažénije), экипиро́вка (ru) f (ekipiróvka)
• Sanskrit: उपकरण (sa) n (upakaraṇa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏према f

  Roman: ȍprema (sh) f

• Slovak: výstroj f, vybavenie n
• Slovene: oprema (sl) f
• Spanish: equipamiento m, equipo (es) m, equipación f
• Swahili: vifaa (sw) pl
• Swedish: utrustning (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagaway
• Tajik: таҷҳизот (tg) (tajhizot)
• Thai: อุปกรณ์ (th) (ù-bpà-gɔɔn)
• Turkish: malzeme (tr), ekipman (tr), teçhizat (tr)
• Turkmen: enjam, serenjam
• Ukrainian: обла́днання n (obládnannja), споря́дження n (sporjádžennja)
• Urdu: گراری‎ ?
• Uzbek: jihoz (uz)
• Vietnamese: thiết bị (vi), trang bị (vi)