equipage

See also: équipage

WOTD – 28 June 2010

English

Etymology

From Middle French equippage, from equipper.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.kwɪ.pɪdʒ/

Noun

equipage (countable and uncountable, plural equipages)

(uncountable) Equipment or supplies, especially military ones.
(obsolete) Military dress; uniform, armour etc.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  , II.9:
  Loe-heere a description, much resembling the equipage of a compleat French-man at armes, with all his bards.
A type of horse-drawn carriage.

Translations

equipment or supplies, especially military ones

Bulgarian: снаряжение (bg) n (snarjaženie), оборудване (bg) n (oborudvane)
French: bagages (fr), fourgons (fr), train des équipages (fr)
German: Ausrüstung (de) f

Russian: снаряже́ние (ru) n (snarjažénije)
Spanish: bagaje (es), furgón (es), tren de equipajes
Turkish: donatı (tr), teçhizat (tr)

a type of horse-drawn carriage

Bulgarian: екипаж (bg) m (ekipaž)
French: équipage (fr)
German: Equipage (de) f
Norwegian: ekvipasje m

Russian: экипа́ж (ru) n (ekipáž)
Spanish: carroza (es), carruaje de lujo
Swedish: ekipage (sv)

Verb

equipage (third-person singular simple present equipages, present participle equipaging, simple past and past participle equipaged)

(transitive, obsolete) To furnish with an equipage.

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