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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024par•a•pher•na•lia /ˌpærəfɚˈneɪlyə, -fəˈneɪl-/USA pronunciation n. - equipment or items necessary for a particular activity: [plural; used with a plural verb]:All the maps and travel paraphernalia were stored in the glove compartment.[uncountable* used with a singular verb]Is all this paraphernalia necessary to take a simple picture?
- personal belongings:[plural* used with a plural verb]Their paraphernalia were stored in trunks.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024par•a•pher•na•lia (par′ə fər nāl′yə, -fə nāl′-),USA pronunciation n. - (sometimes used with a singular v.) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
- (used with a plural v.) personal belongings.
- (used with a singular v.) [Law.]the personal articles, apart from dower, reserved by law to a married woman.
- Greek parápherna, equivalent. to para- para-1 + phern(é̄) dowry, derivative of phérein to bear1 + -a neuter plural noun, nominal suffix) + Latin -ālia, noun, nominal use of neuter plural of -ālis -al1
- Medieval Latin paraphernālia (bona) a bride's goods, beyond her dowry, equivalent. to Late Latin paraphern(a) a bride's property (
- 1470–80;
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged appointments, appurtenances, accouterments, trappings.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged effects.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: paraphernalia /ˌpærəfəˈneɪlɪə/ pl n (sometimes functioning as singular)- miscellaneous articles or equipment
- (formerly) articles of personal property given to a married woman by her husband before or during marriage and regarded in law as her possessions over which she has some measure of control
Etymology: 17th Century: via Medieval Latin from Latin parapherna personal property of a married woman, apart from her dowry, from Greek, from para-1 + phernē dowry, from pherein to carry |