February 16, 2008

Paraphernalia

paraphernalia



Dictionary.com

[Origin: 1470–80; < ML paraphernālia (bona) a bride's goods, beyond her dowry, equiv. to LL paraphern(a) a bride's property (< Gk parápherna, equiv. to para- para-1 + phern() dowry, deriv. of phérein to bear1 + -a neut. pl. n. suffix) + L -ālia, n. use of neut. pl. of -ālis -al1]


Yahoo!奇摩字典
paraphern/ai/lia

n. (名詞 noun)

          1.    隨身用具
          2.    全部有關的事物;設備;器材
          3.    繁複的手續


The Columbia Guide to Standard American English

paraphernalia (n.)   
 
is a Latin plural form, and in English it can be treated as either plural or singular, there being no special singular form in English: The paraphernalia professional golfers carry in their bags is [are] considerable. 

It can be either a mass noun (Paraphernalia requires …) or a count noun (These paraphernalia require …). 

See FOREIGN PLURALS


大象青年討論全身彩虹 paraphernalia 是否為同性戀的行為

see parasol








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