different between apparatus vs motor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin appar?tus. Doublet of apparat.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US, General South African, India)
  • IPA^(key): /æ.p???e?.t?s/
  • Rhymes: -e?.t?s
• (US, Canada, Philippine)
  • IPA^(key): /æ.p???æ.t?s/
  • Rhymes: -æt?s
• (UK, General Australian, General New Zealand, General South African, Jamaica)
  • IPA^(key): /æp?????t?s/
  • Rhymes: -??t?s

Noun

apparatus (plural apparatuses or apparatusses or apparatus or (rare) apparatûs or (hypercorrect) apparati)

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

3. An assortment of tools and instruments.

   Synonyms: tools, gear, equipment

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

   Synonym: 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, rings aka still rings, horizontal bar aka high bar, balance beam

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

   Hyponyms: windlass crossbow, compound bow, complex trap

Usage notes

The word is occasionally used as an invariant plural, as in look at all of those apparatus, maintaining the Latin inflection in English on a loanword basis. But because the word also has a mass noun sense in English and it often appears in such a way that its number (singular or plural) is disguised by absence of any inflectional or lexical signals as to which of these two senses pertained in the mind of the writer, readers may parse it in either sense. Thus in the phrase he was dazzled by the electronic apparatus scattered throughout the room, either parsing works, and the reader cannot tell which one the writer had in mind, although that slight ambiguity is unimportant to the point being made.

Related terms

• apparat

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of appar? (“prepare”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ap.pa?ra?.tus/, [äp?ä??ä?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap.pa?ra.tus/, [?p??????t?us]

Participle

appar?tus (feminine appar?ta, neuter appar?tum, comparative appar?tior, superlative appar?tissimus); first/second-declension participle

1. prepared, ready, having been prepared
2. supplied, furnished, having been supplied
3. magnificent, sumptuous, elaborate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

appar?tus m (genitive appar?t?s); fourth declension

1. preparation, a getting ready
2. A providing
3. tools, implements, instruments, engines
4. supplies, material
5. magnificence, splendor, pomp
6. vocative singular of appar?tus

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Descendants

Noun

appar?t?s m

1. genitive singular of appar?tus
2. nominative plural of appar?tus
3. accusative plural of appar?tus
4. vocative plural of appar?tus

References

• apparatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• apparatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• apparatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• apparatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
• apparatus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

English

Etymology

From Latin m?t? (“I set in motion”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mo?t?/
• Hyphenation: mo?tor
• Rhymes: -??t?(?)

Noun

motor (plural motors)

1. A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
2. (colloquial) A motor car, or automobile.
3. (figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
4. Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
5. (Christianity, archaic, poetic) The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
6. (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".

   Synonym: kicker

Alternative forms

• motour (obsolete)

Synonyms

• engine

Derived terms

Related terms

• motoric

Descendants

• ? Persian: ????? (môtar)
• ? Japanese: ???? (m?t?)
• ? Burmese: ???????? (mautau)

Translations

Adjective

motor (not comparable)

1. (biology) Relating to the ability to move.

2. Relating to motor cars.

3. (nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).

Derived terms

• motor unit
• psychomotor
• sensorimotor
• supramotor

Translations

Verb

motor (third-person singular simple present motors, present participle motoring, simple past and past participle motored)

1. (dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.

   On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.

2. (transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.

3. (informal) To move at a brisk pace.

   Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.

4. (slang) To leave.

Translations

References

• Motor Neurons at Motor Units on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• motor at OneLook Dictionary Search
• motor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• morto

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English motor, compare motor car, from Latin m?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???.t?r/

Noun

motor (plural motors, diminutive motortjie)

1. car, automobile
2. engine, motor

Derived terms

• motorfiets
• vragmotor
• veteraanmotor

References

Asturian

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

1. engine, motor (mechanical device)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin motor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /mo?to/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu?tor/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo?to?/
• Rhymes: -o?

Adjective

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motores) or motor (feminine motriu, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motrius)

1. motor

Noun

motor m (plural motors)

1. motor

Derived terms

• motorista

Further reading

• “motor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “motor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “motor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “motor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo?tor

Etymology 1

From English motor, from Latin moto.

Noun

motor

1. a motor; an engine

Etymology 2

Short for motorcycle.

Noun

motor

1. a motorcycle

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:motor.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?motor/
• Rhymes: -otor

Noun

motor m inan

1. engine, motor

Declension

Derived terms

• motokára
• motorka
• motorový
• motorista
• motoristický
• motorismus
• motorizovat
• motorizace

Related terms

• See motiv

Further reading

• motor in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• motor in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?t?r/, [?mo?t??]

Noun

motor c (singular definite motoren, plural indefinite motorer)

1. motor, engine

Inflection

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?t?r/, /?mo?t?r/
• Rhymes: -o?t?r, -o?t?r
• Hyphenation: mo?tor

Noun

motor m (plural motoren or motors, diminutive motortje n)

1. engine (mechanical device)
2. motorbike

   Synonyms: motorfiets, motorrijwiel

Derived terms

• benzinemotor
• buitenboordmotor
• crossmotor
• dieselmotor
• elektromotor
• hulpmotor
• middenmotor
• motoragent
• motorbende
• motorbrigade
• motorclub
• motorcoureur
• motorengel
• motorfiets
• motormuis
• motorrijder
• motorrijwiel
• motorvoertuig
• politiemotor
• straalmotor
• stuntmotor

Related terms

• motoriek
• motoriseren

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: motor

Hungarian

Etymology

From English motor or German Motor, from Latin m?tor, m?t? (“I set in motion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?motor]
• Hyphenation: mo?tor
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

motor (plural motorok)

1. engine, motor (a machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion; the part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion)
2. (figuratively) powerhouse (any source of power, energy or strength)
3. motorbike, motorcycle (an open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels)

   Synonyms: motorbicikli, motorkerékpár

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• motor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch motor, from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” or "motorcycle", motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.

Noun

motor (first-person possessive motorku, second-person possessive motormu, third-person possessive motornya)

1. engine

   Synonyms: enjin, mesin

2. (informal) motorcycle

   Synonyms: honda, sepeda motor

3. (figuratively) important person in organization.

Further reading

• “motor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?tor/

Noun

motor (plural motores)

1. motor

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mo?.tor/, [?mo?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mo.tor/, [?m??t??r]

Noun

m?tor m (genitive m?t?ris); third declension

1. mover; that which moves something

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

m?tor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of m?t?

References

• motor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• motor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorer, definite plural motorene)

1. engine, motor

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorar, definite plural motorane)

1. engine, motor

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

From Latin m?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.t?r/

Noun

motor m inan (diminutive motorek)

1. (colloquial) motorcycle

   Synonym: motocykl

2. engine

   Synonym: silnik

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) motorowy

Further reading

• motor in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• motor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From French moteur, from Latin motor.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.?to?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.?to?/

Adjective

motor m (feminine singular motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras, comparable)

1. motive

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

1. motor
2. engine

Romanian

Etymology

From French moteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?tor/

Noun

motor n (plural motoare)

1. engine

Declension

Related terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin motor.

Noun

mòt?r m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. engine, motor
2. (colloquial) motorcycle

Declension

Derived terms

• mòt?rn?

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mó?t?r/

Noun

m??tor m inan

1. engine

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin motor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?to?/, [mo?t?o?]

Adjective

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)

1. moving

Derived terms

• automotor
• oculomotor

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

1. motor (mechanical device)
2. (mechanics) engine
3. (figuratively) driving force, driver, mover
4. (figuratively) powerhouse
5. (computing) backend, back end

Hyponyms

• motor principal (“prime mover”)

Derived terms

• calentar motores
• de motor (“power-driven”)
• motorismo
• motorista

Further reading

• “motor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

motor c

1. engine, motor

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• morot

Turkish

Etymology

• Ultimately from Latin m?tor m (“mover”), probably through English motor.

Noun

motor (definite accusative motoru, plural motorlar)

1. engine (mechanical device)

Declension

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian motore

Noun

motor m (plural motori) or motor m (plural moturi)

1. motor, engine