equipment

English

Etymology

From 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.
   • 2013 July 11, Jo Confino, “How technology has stopped evolution and is destroying the world”, in The Guardian‎^[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.

Derived terms

• accessory equipment
• capital equipment
• data terminal equipment
• durable medical equipment
• equipmentman
• reequipment

 

Related terms

• equip

Translations

the act of equipping

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• 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: equipamiento m
• Swedish: utrustning (sv) c, utrustande (sv) n
• Turkish: ekipman (tr), donatım (tr), donatma (tr)
• Ukrainian: обла́днання n (obládnannja), споря́дження n (sporjádžennja)

whatever is used in equipping

• Albanian: pajisje (sq) f
• Arabic: مُعَدَّات‎‎ pl (muʿaddāt), تَجْهِيزَات‎ pl (tajhīzāt)
• Armenian: սարքավորում (hy) (sarkʿavorum)
• Azerbaijani: təchizat (az)
• Belarusian: абсталява́нне n (abstaljavánnje)
• Bengali: উপকরণ (upôkrôṇ)
• Bulgarian: снаряже́ние (bg) n (snarjažénie), обору́дване (bg) ? (oborúdvane), екипиро́вка (bg) f (ekipiróvka)
• Burmese: အဆောက်အဦ (my) (a.hcauk-a.u)
• Catalan: equipatge (ca) m, equipament m, equip (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 設備 (zh), 设备 (zh) (shèbèi), 裝備 (zh), 装备 (zh) (zhuāngbèi)

• Czech: vybavení (cs) n, výstroj f
• Danish: udstyr n
• Dutch: uitrusting (nl) f
• Estonian: varustus
• Finnish: varusteet pl, tarvikkeet (fi) pl, varustus (fi), kalusto (fi)
• French: équipement (fr) m
• Galician: equipamento (gl) m
• Georgian: აღჭურვილობა (aɣč̣urviloba)
• German: Ausrüstung (de) f
• Greek: εξοπλισμός (el) m (exoplismós)

  Ancient: ἄρτισις f (ártisis)

• Hindi: उपकरण m (upakraṇ), औजार (hi) m (aujār)
• Hungarian: felszerelés (hu)
• Icelandic: búnaður m
• Indonesian: peralatan (id), perlengkapan (id), perangkat (id)
• Irish: acmhainn f, airnéis f, gléasra m
• Italian: attrezzatura (it) f, equipaggiamento (it) m, apparecchiatura (it) f
• Japanese: 設備 (ja) (せつび, setsubi), 装備 (ja) (そうび, sōbi)
• Kazakh: жабдық (kk) (jabdıq)
• Khmer: ឧបករណ៍ (km) (ʾupaʾkɑɑ)
• Korean: 설비 (ko) (seolbi), 장비 (ko) (jangbi)
• Kyrgyz: жабдуу (ky) (cabduu)
• Lao: ອຸປະກອນ (’u pa kǭn)

• Latin: armāmentum n
• Latvian: iekārtas m
• Lithuanian: įranga (lt) f
• Macedonian: опрема f (oprema)
• Malagasy: fitaovana (mg)
• Malay: peralatan
• Maori: taputapu, utauta
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utstyr n

  Nynorsk: utstyr n

• Persian: تجهیزات‎ (fa) (tajhizât)
• Polish: sprzęt (pl) m, oprzyrządowanie (pl) n, przybory m pl
• Portuguese: equipamento (pt) m
• Romanian: echipament (ro) n
• Russian: обору́дование (ru) n (oborúdovanije), снаряже́ние (ru) n (snarjažénije), экипиро́вка (ru) f (ekipiróvka)
• Sanskrit: उपकरण (sa) n (upakaraṇa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏према f

  Roman: ȍprema (sh) f

• Slovak: výstroj f, vybavenie n
• Slovene: oprema (sl) f
• Spanish: equipamiento m, equipo (es) m, equipación f
• Swahili: vifaa (sw) pl
• Swedish: utrustning (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagaway
• Tajik: таҷҳизот (tg) (tajhizot)
• Thai: อุปกรณ์ (th) (ù-bpà-gɔɔn)
• Turkish: malzeme (tr), ekipman (tr), teçhizat (tr)
• Turkmen: enjam, serenjam
• Ukrainian: обла́днання n (obládnannja), споря́дження n (sporjádžennja)
• Urdu: گراری‎ ?
• Uzbek: jihoz (uz)
• Vietnamese: thiết bị (vi), trang bị (vi)