English-Thai Dictionary

paraphernalia

N ของใช้ส่วนตัว  สมบัติส่วนตัว  gear materials apparatus kong-chai-suan-tua

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARAPHERNAL

a.Pertaining to or consisting in parapherna; as paraphernal property.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PARAPHERNAL

Par `a *pher "nal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. paraphernal. ]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to paraphernalia; as, paraphernal property. Kent.

 

PARAPHERNALIA

Par `a *pher *na "li *a, n. pl. Etym: [LL. paraphernalia bona, fr. L.parapherna, pl. , parapherna, Gr. fe `rein to bring. See 1st Bear. ]

 

1. (Law )

 

Defn: Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.

 

2. Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

paraphernalia

par a pher na lia |ˌparəfə (r )ˈnālyə ˌpɛrəfə (r )ˈneɪliə | ▶noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] miscellaneous articles, esp. the equipment needed for a particular activity: drills, saws, and other paraphernalia necessary for home improvements | drugs and drug paraphernalia that had been discovered on the premises. • trappings associated with a particular institution or activity that are regarded as superfluous: the rituals and paraphernalia of government. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (denoting property owned by a married woman ): from medieval Latin, based on Greek parapherna ‘property apart from a dowry, ’ from para ‘distinct from ’ + pherna (from phernē ‘dowry ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

paraphernalia

paraphernalia |ˌparəfəˈneɪlɪə | ▶noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity. • trappings associated with a particular institution or activity that are regarded as superfluous: the rituals and paraphernalia of government. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (denoting property owned by a married woman ): from medieval Latin, based on Greek parapherna ‘property apart from a dowry ’, from para ‘distinct from ’ + pherna (from phernē ‘dower ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

paraphernalia

paraphernalia plural noun they have a ton of camping paraphernalia: equipment, stuff, things, apparatus, kit, implements, tools, utensils, material (s ), appliances, accoutrements, appurtenances, odds and ends, bits and pieces; informal gear.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

paraphernalia

paraphernalia plural noun the paraphernalia necessary for home improvements: equipment, stuff, things, apparatus, tackle, kit, implements, tools, utensils, material (s ), appliances, rig, outfit, accoutrements, appurtenances, impedimenta, miscellaneous articles, odds and ends, bits and pieces, bits and bobs, trappings, accessories; informal gear, junk, rubbish, the necessary, dunnage, traps; Brit. informal clobber, gubbins, odds and sods; archaic equipage.

 

Duden Dictionary

Paraphernalien

Pa ra pher na li en Pluralwort , die |Paraphern a lien |die Paraphernalien Pluraletantum griechisch-englisch 1 persönlicher Besitz 2 Zubehör, Ausrüstung

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

paraphernalia

par a pher na lia /pæ̀rəfə r néɪljə /名詞 U 〖単複両扱い 〗1 (個人の )身の回り品, 手回り品 .2 道具一式, 装備, 装置 .3 ｟くだけて ｠不用品, がらくた ; (あることに付随する )もろもろのこと .4 ｟古 ｠〘法 〙(夫が与えた )妻の動産 [所有物 ].