Noun
aparat m inan (diminutive aparacik, related adjective aparatowy)
- apparatus (device with some function) [with do (+ genitive) ‘for what’]
- (informal, photography) photographic camera
- Synonyms: aparat fotograficzny, cyfrak
- (telephony) mobile phone, handset
- (medicine) device (tool that helps someone with a defect or after a disease)
- aparat słuchowy ― hearing aid
- (dentistry, informal) braces
- (biology) system (set of organs responsible for carrying out specific body functions)
- apparatus (entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished)
- Synonyms: aparatura, instrumentarium
- (literary) apparatus (system of institutions)
- (obsolete) utensil, tool, accessory
- Synonym: przybór
- (Middle Polish) preparations; trouble, effort, toil; enthusiasm
- (Middle Polish) ceremony, celebration; magnificence, splendor
- (Middle Polish) method, way
- Synonyms: metoda, sposób
- (Middle Polish) goods; equipment, belongings
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Noun
aparat m pers (female equivalent aparatka)
- (colloquial) funny guy (person who shocks or makes others laugh with his actions)
- Synonyms: agregat, aparacik, model, numer, numerant
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Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), aparat is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 31 times in scientific texts, 11 times in news, 19 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 4 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 71 times, making it the 904th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[5]
References
Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “aparat”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish) Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “aparat”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “aparat”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] Ida Kurcz (1990) “aparat”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 9
Further reading
- aparat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- aparat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Krystyna Siekierska (23.08.2023) “APARAT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “aparat”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “aparat”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aparat”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 47