appliance

English

Etymology

Recorded since the 1560s. From the English apply +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈplaɪəns/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəns

Noun

appliance (countable and uncountable, plural appliances)

1. The act of applying; application.
2. An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end (often specified).
3. Specifically: a non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices.
4. An attachment, a piece of equipment to adapt another tool or machine to a specific purpose
5. (obsolete) Compliance.

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Derived terms

• home appliance
• major appliance

• small appliance

Translations

application — see application

a device in its own right

• Arabic: جِهَاز‎‎ m (jihāz)
• Bulgarian: прибор (bg) (pribor), устройство (bg) (ustrojstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 器械 (zh) (qìxiè), 器具 (zh) (qìjù), 機器 (zh), 机器 (zh) (jīqì)

• Dutch: toestel (nl) n, (domestic) huishoudstoestel n
• Finnish: laite (fi)
• French: appareil (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Gerät (de) n, Apparat (de) m
• Indonesian: peranti (id)

• Japanese: 器械 (ja) (きかい, kikai), 機器 (ja) (きき, kiki), 器具 (ja) (きぐ, kigu)
• Javanese: ꦥꦶꦫꦤ꧀ꦠꦶ (jv) (piranti), ꦲꦭꦠ꧀ (jv) (alat), ꦥꦼꦂꦏꦏꦱ꧀ (perkakas)
• Maori: pūrere
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innretning m, f

  Nynorsk: innretning f

• Portuguese: aparelho (pt) m, dispositivo (pt) m
• Russian: прибо́р (ru) m (pribór), устро́йство (ru) n (ustrójstvo), аппара́т (ru) m (apparát)
• Spanish: dispositivo (es) m, aparato (es) m, enseres (es) m pl (only plural)
• Turkish: aygıt (tr), cihaz (tr)

an implement, instrument or apparatus

• Bulgarian: приспособление (bg) (prisposoblenie), уред (bg) (ured), прибор (bg) (pribor)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: pūrere
• Portuguese: dispositivo (pt) m

• Spanish: implemento (es) m, instrumento (es) m, aparato (es) m, enseres (es) m pl (only plural)
• Turkish: aygıt (tr), cihaz (tr)
• Welsh: teclyn (cy) m

to adapt other equipment

• Bulgarian: приспособление (bg) (prisposoblenie)

• Dutch: hulpstuk (nl) n

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ხელსაწყო (xelsac̣q̇o)

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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Spanish

Etymology

From English appliance.

Noun

appliance m (plural appliances)

1. appliance