equipage

WOTD – 28 June 2010    

See also équipage

English

Etymology

From Middle French equippage, from equipper.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɛ.kwɪ.pɪdʒ/

Noun

equipage (countable and uncountable; plural equipages)

1. (uncountable) Equipment or supplies, especially military ones.
2. (obsolete) Military dress; uniform, armour etc.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.9:

     Loe-heere a description, much resembling the equipage of a compleat French-man at armes, with all his bards.

3. A type of horse-drawn carriage.

Translations

equipment or supplies, especially military ones

• Bulgarian: снаряжение (bg) (snarjaženie) n, оборудване (bg) (oborudvane) n
• French: bagages (fr), fourgons (fr), train des équipages (fr)
• German: Ausrüstung (de) f

• Russian: снаряжение (ru) (snarjaženije) n
• Spanish: bagaje (es), furgón (es), tren de equipajes (es)
• Turkish: donatı (tr), teçhizat (tr)

a type of horse-drawn carriage

• Bulgarian: екипаж (bg) (ekipaž) m
• French: équipage (fr)
• German: Equipage (de) f
• Norwegian: ekvipasje (no) m

• Russian: экипаж (ru) (ekipaž) n
• Spanish: carroza (es), carruaje de lujo (es)
• Swedish: ekipage (sv)