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aparat
device, apparatus, machine /a.paˈrat/
noun#1335 most common
Also: appliance, instrument, camera (in "aparat foto")
Example sentences
Acesta este un aparat nou.
This is a new device.
Am un aparat foto vechi.
I have an old camera.
Aparatul de cafea nu pornește.
The coffee maker won't turn on.
Mi-am stricat aparatul de ras electric.
I broke my electric razor.
Vânzătorul mi-a explicat cum funcționează aparatul de aer condiționat.
The salesman explained to me how the air conditioner works.
Pacientul a fost conectat la un aparat respirator artificial imediat după operație.
The patient was hooked up to an artificial respirator right after the operation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aparat | aparate |
| Genitive | aparatului | aparatelor |
| Accusative | aparat | aparate |
| Vocative | aparatule | aparatelor |
Word family
aparaturăequipment, apparatus (collective term for machinery)
aparat fotocamera
aparat de rasrazor
aparat dentardental braces
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "aparat" in the nineteenth century, when the language absorbed large amounts of French and Latin vocabulary to replace older Slavic and Turkish terms. The word traces to Latin "apparatus", the past participle of "adparare", built from "ad-" (toward) and "parare" (to prepare). French "appareil" and German "Apparat" likely reinforced the borrowing, since Romanian modernizers drew on all three sources at once.
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