aparat

Borrowed from Latin apparātus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.pəˈɾat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.paˈɾat]

aparat m (plural aparats)

1. (figurative) pomp, ceremony
2. (politics) apparatus

   Synonym: aparell

• aparatós

• “aparat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “aparat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “aparat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

• apparaat (pre-1947)

From Dutch apparaat, from Middle French apparat, from Latin apparātus. Doublet of aparatus.

• IPA^(key): /aparat/
• Hyphenation: apa‧rat

aparat (first-person possessive aparatku, second-person possessive aparatmu, third-person possessive aparatnya)

1. (dated) apparatus, device

   Synonyms: alat, aparatus, perkakas

2. apparatus, staff who work directly on maintaining operations; in particular those of a bureaucracy

• “aparat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Polish aparat.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaparat/
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧rat

aparat m inan

1. apparatus (device with some function)
2. (medicine) device (tool that helps someone with a defect or after a disease)
3. (biology) system (set of organs responsible for carrying out specific body functions)
4. apparatus (system of institutions)
5. apparatus (entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished)

aparat m pers

1. (colloquial) funny guy (person who shocks or makes others laugh with his actions)

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “aparat”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “aparat”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
• “aparat”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

aparat

1. second-person plural present indicative of apart

Borrowed from Polish aparat.

• IPA^(key): [aˈparat]
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧rat

aparat m inan

1. apparatus (device with some function)

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “aparat”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 129

Learned borrowing from Latin apparātus.[1][2][3] First attested in 1549.[4]

• IPA^(key): /aˈpa.rat/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /aˈpa.rɒt/

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• Rhymes: -arat
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧rat

aparat m inan (diminutive aparacik, related adjective aparatowy)

1. apparatus (device with some function) [+ do (genitive) = for what]
   1. (informal, photography) photographic camera

      Synonyms: aparat fotograficzny, cyfrak

   2. (telephony) mobile phone, handset
2. (medicine) device (tool that helps someone with a defect or after a disease)

   aparat słuchowy ― hearing aid

   1. (dentistry, informal) braces
3. (biology) system (set of organs responsible for carrying out specific body functions)
4. apparatus (entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished)

   Synonyms: aparatura, instrumentarium

5. (literary) apparatus (system of institutions)
6. (obsolete) utensil, tool, accessory

   Synonym: przybór

7. (Middle Polish) preparations; trouble, effort, toil; enthusiasm
8. (Middle Polish) ceremony, celebration; magnificence, splendor
9. (Middle Polish) method, way

   Synonyms: metoda, sposób

10. (Middle Polish) goods; equipment, belongings

aparat m pers (female equivalent aparatka)

1. (colloquial) funny guy (person who shocks or makes others laugh with his actions)

   Synonyms: agregat, aparacik, model, numer, numerant

• → Kashubian: aparat
• → Masurian: aparat

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), aparat is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 31 times in scientific texts, 11 times in news, 19 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 4 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 71 times, making it the 904th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[5]

• aparat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aparat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Krystyna Siekierska (23.08.2023) “APARAT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “aparat”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “aparat”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aparat”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 47

Borrowed from Latin apparatus, German Apparat, French apparat (with senses from appareil). Technically a doublet of apărat, the past participle of apăra (corresponding to Latin apparatus).

• IPA^(key): /a.paˈrat/

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aparat n (plural aparate)

1. apparatus
2. radio receiver
3. telephone

• aparat foto

• aparat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

apàrāt m (Cyrillic spelling апа̀ра̄т)

1. apparatus

Borrowed from German Apparat.

• IPA^(key): /aˈparat/
• Rhymes: -arat
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧rat

aparat m inan (diminutive aparacik)

1. apparatus (device with some function) [+ do (genitive) = for what]

• aparat in silling.org
• Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “aparat”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 61
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “aparat”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski‎, page 24