contrivance
Etymology Pronunciation
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Etymology Pronunciation
- IPA: /kənˈtɹaɪ.vəns/
contrivance (plural contrivances)
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task; contraption.
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC ↗, page 208 ↗:
- I mean to give something as slight and inexpensive as possible; but I have been so long out of the way of these things, that I am really quite at a loss, and must throw myself on your kindness, as I hope you will be with me, and also Mr. and Mrs. Gooch. You must arrange in such a manner as not to blush for your own contrivances.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
- French: appareil, dispositif
- German: Vorrichtung, Maschinerie, Apparat, Behelf
- Italian: aggeggio, marchingegno
- Portuguese: aparelho
- Russian: устро́йство
- Spanish: aparato
- French: stratagème
- German: Vorrichtung, Erfindung, Plan, Kniff, List, Kunstgriff, Planung, Findigkeit
- Italian: stratagemma, artefizio, espediente, accorgimento, sotterfugio
- Portuguese: artifício, artimanha
- Russian: зате́я
- Spanish: artificio, artimaña, estratagema
- Italian: catorcio, trabiccolo, carretta
- Russian: ухищре́ние
- Spanish: artefacto, artilugio
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