apparat
See also: Apparat
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑːt
Noun
apparat (plural apparats)
- The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 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.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 184:
Danish
Inflection
Declension of apparat
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | apparat | apparatet | apparater | apparaterne |
genitive | apparats | apparatets | apparaters | apparaternes |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apaʁa/
Derived terms
- apparat critique
Further reading
- “apparat” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
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
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
apparat n (definite singular apparatet, indefinite plural apparat, definite plural apparata)
- mechanical or electrical device, appliance or instrument
- apparatus
Derived terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
apparat c
- apparatus; complex machine or instrument, often run by electricity
- apparatus; a bureaucratic organization, especially within the area of politics
- short for TV-apparat or radioapparat: TV set or radio receiver
Declension
Declension of apparat | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | apparat | apparaten | apparater | apparaterna |
Genitive | apparats | apparatens | apparaters | apparaternas |
Derived terms
- (bureaucratic organization): partiapparat
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