apparat

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌæpəˈrɑːt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ap′ə rat′, ä′pə rät′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ap•pa•rat  (ap′ə rat′, ä′pə rät′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Governmentan organization or existing power structure, esp. a political one:a position of leadership within the party apparat; The chess apparat is not eager to change tournament rules.
  • Latin apparātus. See apparatus
  • German
  • Russian apparát origin, originally, scientific apparatus
  • 1940–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
apparat / ˌæpəˈrɑːt/
  1. the Communist Party organization in the former Soviet Union and other states
Etymology: Russian, literally: apparatus
'apparat' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Golgi body - Weberian apparatus - apparatchik - pineal apparatus

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