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{{also|Gadget}}
==English==

===Etymology===
{{unk|en}}. First used in print by Robert Brown in 1886 (see quote in definition section). Might come from {{cog|fr|gâchette}} or {{m|fr|gagée}}, or from the French family name Gaget, an industrialist who produced promotional gadgets in collaboration with the project to build the statue of Liberty.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɡædʒɪt/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɡæd͡ʒət/|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-gadget.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{hyphenation|en|gad|get}}
* {{rhymes|en|ædʒɪt|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[thing]] whose [[name]] cannot be [[remember]]ed; [[thingamajig]], [[doohickey]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1886|author=Robert Brown|title=Spunyard and Spindrift, A Sailor Boy's Log of a Voyage Out and Home in a China Tea-clipper
|passage=Then the names of all the other things on board a ship! I don't know half of them yet; even the sailors forget at times, and if the exact name of anything they want happens to slip from their memory, they call it a chicken-fixing, or a '''gadjet''', or a timmey-noggy, or a wim-wom—just ''pro tem.'', you know.}}
# Any [[device]] or [[machine]], especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated.
#: {{ux|en|He bought a neat new '''gadget''' for shredding potatoes.}}
#: {{ux|en|That's quite a lot of '''gadgets''' you have collected. Do you use any of them?}}
# {{lb|en|informal}} Any [[consumer]] [[electronics]] product.
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1987|title=Hang On To Your Horses Doovers|author=Kerry Cue|page=5|text=From the Marvel Mixmaster to the Miracle Microwave, every time a new-fangled '''gadget''' has lobbed into the Aussie kitchen, Aussie mums have changed their cooking styles accordingly.}}
# {{lb|en|computing}} A [[sequence]] of [[machine code]] [[instruction]]s crafted as part of an [[exploit]] that attempts to [[divert]] [[execution]] to a [[memory]] [[location]] chosen by the [[attacker]].
#* [https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-1125 Security > Red Hat > CVE Database > CVE-2019-1125]
#*: A Spectre '''gadget''' was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of system interrupts.
# {{lb|en|computer science}} A technique for converting a part of one problem to an equivalent part of another problem, used in constructing [[reduction#English: compsci|reduction]]s.
#: ''We reduce an instance of [[3-SAT]] to an instance of bird-flock-optimization, using a '''gadget''' that converts each conjunctive Boolean clause to a group of birds.''
# {{lb|en|glassblowing}} A spring clip attached to the end of a [[punty]] in order to grasp the foot of a glass without leaving a [[bullion#English: glass|bullion]] while finishing the bowl.

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|gadjet}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|contraption}}
* {{l|en|contrivance}}
* {{l|en|doohickey}}
* {{l|en|gizmo}}
* {{l|en|widget}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|gadgetbahn}}
* {{l|en|gadgety}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|any device or machine}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|vegël|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|جِهَاز|m}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|جِهَاز|m|tr=jihāz}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|գաջեթ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|qadjet}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|джа́джа|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[小]][[器具]]|tr=xiǎo qìjù}}, {{t|cmn|[[小]][[工具]]|tr=xiǎo gōngjù}}, {{t|cmn|[[小]][[道具]]|tr=xiǎo dàojù}}
* Danish: {{t|da|gadget}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gadget}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|aparato}}, {{t+|eo|ilo}}, {{t|eo|artefakto}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|riistapuu}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|laite}}, {{t|fi|härpätin}}, {{t+|fi|vekotin}}, {{t+|fi|vehje}}, {{t+|fi|värkki}}, {{t+|fi|härveli}}, {{t+|fi|hilavitkutin}}
* French: {{t+|fr|gadget}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|trebello|m}}, {{t+|gl|tarambollo|m}}, {{t|gl|fuchico|m}}, {{t|gl|canxorna|f}}, {{t|gl|estaribeque|m}}, {{t+|gl|conto|m}}, {{t|gl|estriloxo|m}}, {{t|gl|enxamiada|f}}, {{t|gl|entemeñada|f}}, {{t|gl|enteveada|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გაჯეტი}}, {{t|ka|მოწყობილობა}}, {{t|ka|ხელსაწყო}}
* German: {{t+|de|Apparat|n}}, {{t+|de|Gadget|n}}, {{t+|de|Gerät|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μηχάνημα|n}}, {{t+|el|γκάτζετ|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|גאדג׳ט|tr=gádjet|alt=גאדג׳ט / גַּדְגֶ׳ט}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|गैजेट}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kütyü}}, {{t+|hu|okosság}}, {{t+|hu|szerkentyű}}, {{t+|hu|készség}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|gawai}}, {{t+|id|acang}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|aggeggio|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ガジェット|tr=gajetto}}, {{t+|ja|小道具|tr=こどうぐ, kodōgu}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|소도구(小道具)}}, {{t|ko|가젯}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|направа|f}}, {{t|mk|џиџе|n}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|gajet}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|ابزارک|tr=abzârak}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|gadżet|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|engenhoca}}, {{t+|pt|apetrecho|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|gadget|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|устро́йство|n}}, {{t+|ru|га́джет|m}}, {{t+|ru|штуко́вина|f}}
* Sardinian:
*: Logudorese: {{t|sc|abbréddulu}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|сокоћало|n|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|sh|геџет|m|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Latin: {{t|sh|sokoćalo|n}}, {{t|sh|gedžet|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|artilugio|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|mojäng|c}}, {{t+|sv|mackapär|c}}, {{t+|sv|manick|c}}, {{t+|sv|grunka|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|gadyet}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|абзорак}}, {{t|tg|гаҷет}}
* Thai: {{t|th|แกดเจ็ต}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|при́стрій|m}}, {{t+|uk|ґа́джет|m}}, {{t|uk|штуко́вина|f}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|teclyn}}, {{t+|cy|teclynnau|m-p}}
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===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=adeggt|dagget|tagged}}

{{cln|en|placeholder terms}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|en|gadget}}, itself of French origin.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|gadgette}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-gadget.wav}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|gadget}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|fr|truc}}
* {{l|fr|machin}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|it|en|gadget}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|gàgget<r:DiPI>}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# {{l|en|gadget}} {{gloss|small device}}

===References===
<references />

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|ro|en|gadget}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|gadgeturi}}

# {{l|en|gadget}}

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n-uri}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|es|en|gadget}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|gáyet}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|gadget}}