Borrowed from Latin apparātus.

• (British, America, South Africa, India)
  • IPA: /æp.əˈɹeɪ.təs/
• (America, Canada, Philippines)
  • IPA: /æp.əˈɹæt.əs/
• (British, Aus, New Zealand, South Africa, Jamaica)
  • IPA: /æp.əˈɹɑː.təs/

apparatus

1. The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.

   Synonyms: dynamic, mechanism, setup

2. A complex machine or instrument.

   Synonyms: device, instrument, machinery

   • 1880–1881, Thomas Hardy, chapter I, in A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-day. […], volume III, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], published 1881, →OCLC ↗, book the fifth (De Stancy and Paula), page 40 ↗:

     “I have met my young photographer,” said De Stancy, cheerily. “What a small world it is, as every busybody truly observes! I am wishing he could take some views for us as we go on; but you have no apparatus with you, I suppose, Mr. Dare?”

3. (collective) An assortment of tools and instruments.

   Synonyms: tools, gear, equipment

4. A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.

   Synonyms: machine

5. (firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.
6. (gymnastics) Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.

   Hyponyms: parallel bars, uneven bars, vault, floor, pommel horse

7. (video games) A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”

• apparat

• French: appareil
• German: Apparat
• Italian: impianto, attrezzatura
• Portuguese: aparelho, equipamento, aparato
• Russian: аппара́т
• Spanish: aparato, equipo

• German: Apparat
• Italian: apparecchio
• Portuguese: aparato, equipamento
• Russian: аппара́т
• Spanish: aparato, aparataje

• French: appareil
• German: Apparat
• Italian: sistema
• Portuguese: sistema, aparato
• Russian: аппара́т