gizmo

English

Alternative forms

gizmotron
gismo

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪzmoʊ/
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Noun

gizmo (plural gizmos)

A nonsensical placeholder name for something, generally a device, for which one does not know the proper term
Synonyms: gadget, whatchamacallit, thingamajig

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:thingy

Translations

thingy

Bulgarian: джаджа (bg) f (džadža)
Finnish: vempain (fi), mokkula (fi), vehje (fi), vekotin (fi), kilke (fi), hilavitkutin (fi) (for more technical and sopshisticated gadgets)
French: machin (fr) m, truc (fr) m, bidule (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Dingsbums (de) n
Hungarian: bigyó (hu), izé (hu)

Italian: coso (it) m, cosi (it) m pl, cosa (it) f, cose (it) f pl
Norwegian: dings m, dippedutt m, duppeditt m
Portuguese: coisa (pt) f, negócio (pt) m, troço (pt) m
Russian: шту́ка (ru) f (štúka), штуковина (ru) f (štukovina)
Spanish: chisme (es) m, trasto (es) m, cosa (es) f, (Argentina) coso (es) m, (Latin America) cuestión (es) f, aparato (es) m
Turkish: uğur (tr)

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