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apparat¹
Rhymes with -ɑːt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian аппара́т (apparát, “apparatus, apparat”). Doublet of apparatus.
noun apparats
- The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure. 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.
apparat²
Rhymes with -ɑːt
Where it comes from
From German Apparat and Russian аппара́т (apparát). Doublet of apparatus.
noun apparats
- An apparatus; an instrument; a device. I'd like to buy one of the following apparats: - CANON EOS 500 - NIKON F50 - OLIMPUS om 88 […] I'm going to attend a conference in 4-9 October and want to buy an apparat (I've heard they are much cheaper in USA). Also if you are aware of the prices of these apparats in US, help me, and let me know.
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@misc{apparat_2026,
title = {apparat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/apparat},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}