apparat

See also: Apparat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian аппара́т (apparát, “apparatus, apparat”). Doublet of apparatus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːt

Noun

apparat (plural apparats)

1. 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

• apparatchik
• apparatus

Danish

Etymology

German Apparat (“device, apparatus”), from Latin apparātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aparat/, [ɑb̥ɑˈʁɑːˀd̥], /apərat/, [ɑb̥əˈʁɑːˀd̥]

Noun

apparat n (singular definite apparatet, plural indefinite apparater)

1. instrument, apparatus, appliance, machine
2. device
3. radio or TV set
4. camera
5. telephone, handset, extension
6. machinery

Inflection

Declension of apparat

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	apparat	apparatet	apparater	apparaterne
genitive	apparats	apparatets	apparaters	apparaternes

Further reading

• “apparat” in Den Danske Ordbog
• apparat on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apparatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pa.ʁa/

• Audio:

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Noun

apparat m (plural apparats)

1. pomp, ceremony

Derived terms

• apparat critique

Further reading

• “apparat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

apparat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of apparō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French apparat, from Latin apparatus.

Noun

apparat n (definite singular apparatet, indefinite plural apparat or apparater, definite plural apparata or apparatene)

1. mechanical or electrical device, appliance or instrument
2. apparatus

Derived terms

• fjernsynsapparat
• forstørrelsesapparat
• fotoapparat
• kassaapparat, kasseapparat

References

• “apparat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French apparat, from Latin apparatus.

Noun

apparat n (definite singular apparatet, indefinite plural apparat, definite plural apparata)

1. mechanical or electrical device, appliance or instrument
2. apparatus

Derived terms

• fjernsynsapparat
• fotoapparat
• kassaapparat, kasseapparat

References

• “apparat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French apparat, from Latin apparatus.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

apparat c

1. an apparatus, a device; a complex machine or instrument, often run by electricity
2. an apparatus; a bureaucratic organization, especially within the area of politics
3. short for TV-apparat or radioapparat: TV set or radio receiver

Declension

Declension of apparat

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	apparat	apparats
	definite	apparaten	apparatens
plural	indefinite	apparater	apparaters
	definite	apparaterna	apparaternas

Derived terms

• (bureaucratic organization): partiapparat

See also

• apparatur (“apparatus (set of equipment)”)