Contrivance
//kənˈtɹaɪ.vəns//
Translations of "contrivance" (13 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | похват(something overly artful or artificial), приспособление((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), способ(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), средство(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), хитрина(something overly artful or artificial) | pohvat, prisposoblenie, sposob, sredstvo, hitrina | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 玩意兒 /玩意儿((mechanical) device to perform a certain task) | wányìr | |
| Dutch | vernuft(something overly artful or artificial), vindingrijkheid(something overly artful or artificial) | — | |
| Finnish | rekkula((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), vempele((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), vimpain((mechanical) device to perform a certain task) | — | |
| French | appareil((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), dispositif((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), stratagème(elaborate means to accomplish an objective) | — | |
| German | Apparat((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), Behelf((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), Erfindung(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), Findigkeit(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), Kniff(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), Kunstgriff(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), List(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), Maschinerie((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), Plan(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), Planung(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), Vorrichtung((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), Vorrichtung(elaborate means to accomplish an objective) | — | |
| Italian | accorgimento(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), aggeggio((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), artefizio(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), carretta(something overly artful or artificial), catorcio(something overly artful or artificial), espediente(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), marchingegno((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), sotterfugio(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), stratagemma(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), trabiccolo(something overly artful or artificial) | — | |
| Polish | inwencja(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), pomysłowość(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), sztuczność(something overly artful or artificial), urządzenie((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), ustrojstwo((mechanical) device to perform a certain task) | — | |
| Portuguese | aparelho((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), artifício(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), artimanha(elaborate means to accomplish an objective) | — | |
| Romanian | aparat((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), dispozitiv((mechanical) device to perform a certain task) | — | |
| Russian | вы́думка(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), зате́я(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), план(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), приспособле́ние((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), устро́йство((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), ухва́тка(something overly artful or artificial), ухищре́ние(something overly artful or artificial) | výdumka, zatéja, plan, prisposoblénije, ustrójstvo, uxvátka, uxiščrénije | |
| Spanish | aparato((mechanical) device to perform a certain task), artefacto(something overly artful or artificial), artificio(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), artilugio(something overly artful or artificial), artimaña(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), elucubración(elaborate means to accomplish an objective), elucubración(something overly artful or artificial), estratagema(elaborate means to accomplish an objective) | — | |
| Turkish | düzenek((mechanical) device to perform a certain task) | — |
похват, приспособление, способ, средство, хитрина
pohvat, prisposoblenie, sposob, sredstvo, hitrina
vernuft, vindingrijkheid
rekkula, vempele, vimpain
appareil, dispositif, stratagème
Apparat, Behelf, Erfindung, Findigkeit, Kniff, Kunstgriff, List, Maschinerie, Plan, Planung, Vorrichtung, Vorrichtung
accorgimento, aggeggio, artefizio, carretta, catorcio, espediente, marchingegno, sotterfugio, stratagemma, trabiccolo
inwencja, pomysłowość, sztuczność, urządzenie, ustrojstwo
aparelho, artifício, artimanha
aparat, dispozitiv
вы́думка, зате́я, план, приспособле́ние, устро́йство, ухва́тка, ухищре́ние
výdumka, zatéja, plan, prisposoblénije, ustrójstvo, uxvátka, uxiščrénije
aparato, artefacto, artificio, artilugio, artimaña, elucubración, elucubración, estratagema
düzenek
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.