equipment

English

Etymology

equip +‎ -ment, or from French équipement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈkwɪpmənt/

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Noun

equipment (usually uncountable, plural equipments)

1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
   • (Can we date this quote?) David Hume:

     The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.

2. Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
   • 11 July 2013, Jo Confino in The Guardian Online, How technology has stopped evolution and is destroying the world[1]

     Tompkins is considered a hero in the deep ecology movement and works hand in hand with his wife Kris, the former CEO of the outdoor clothing and equipment company Patagonia.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Henry Longfellow:

     Armed and dight, In the equipment of a knight.

Related terms

• equip

Translations

the act of equipping

• Bulgarian: екипиране (bg) n (ekipirane)
• Catalan: equipament m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: vybavení (cs) n
• Dutch: uitrusting (nl) f
• Finnish: varustaminen (fi)
• French: équipement (fr) m
• Galician: equipamento (gl) m
• Georgian: აღჭურვა (aɣč̣urva)

• German: Ausrüstung (de) f
• Italian: equipaggiamento (it) m
• Korean: 장비 (ko) (jangbi)
• Latin: armāmentum n
• Portuguese: equipagem (pt) f
• Romanian: echipare (ro) f, echipament (ro) n
• Russian: обору́дование (ru) n (oborúdovanije), снаряже́ние (ru) n (snarjažénije)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: utrustning (sv) c, utrustande (sv) n
• Turkish: ekipman (tr), donatım (tr), donatma (tr)

whatever is used in equipping

• Bulgarian: снаряжение (bg) n (snarjaženie), оборудване (bg) (oborudvane)
• Catalan: equipatge (ca) m, equipament m, equip (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 設備 (zh), 设备 (zh) (shèbèi)

• Czech: vybavení (cs) n, výstroj f
• Danish: udstyr n
• Dutch: uitrusting (nl) f
• Finnish: varusteet pl, tarvikkeet pl, varustus (fi), kalusto (fi)
• French: équipement (fr) m
• Galician: equipamento (gl) m
• Georgian: აღჭურვილობა (aɣč̣urviloba)
• German: Ausrüstung (de) f
• Indonesian: peralatan (id), perlengkapan (id), perangkat (id)
• Irish: acmhainn f, airnéis f
• Italian: attrezzatura (it), equipaggiamento (it), apparecchiatura (it)

• Japanese: 設備 (ja) (せつび, setsubi)
• Korean: 장비 (ko) (jangbi)
• Latin: armāmentum n
• Maori: taputapu, utauta
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utstyr n

  Nynorsk: utstyr n

• Polish: sprzęt (pl) m
• Portuguese: equipamento (pt) m
• Romanian: echipament (ro) n
• Russian: обору́дование (ru) n (oborúdovanije), снаряже́ние (ru) n (snarjažénije)
• Spanish: equipamiento m, equipo (es) m
• Swedish: utrustning (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagaway
• Turkish: malzeme (tr)