aparāts

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately from Latin apparātus, the perfect passive participle of apparō (“to prepare”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

aparāts m (1st declension)

  1. device, appliance, set, machine, contraption
    telefona aparāts ― telephone set
    aparāta detaļas ― pieces, parts of the machine
    konstruēt sarežģītu aparātu - to build a complex device
  2. a set of organs of the body that together have a single function; apparatus, system
    dzirdes, runas apārats - the hearing, the speech apparatus
    elpošanas apārats - the respiratory system
  3. structure of an institution, its components, departments, employees, etc.
    valsts aparāts ― the structure of the state
    pārkārtot administrativo aparātu ― rearrange the administrative system

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