instrument

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device used to produce music.
  2. A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
  3. A measuring or displaying device.
  4. A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
  5. Ellipsis of flight instrument.
  6. A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
  7. A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
verb
  1. To apply measuring devices.
  2. To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
  3. To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/ /ˈɪnstɹʊmənt/ En-us-instrument.ogg

Word forms

instrument instruments instrumenting instrumented

Etymology

From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”), From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum.

Translations

Albanian: vegël Albanian: vegël muzikor Arabic: الة موسيقية Arabic: آلَة Arabic: أَدَاة Asturian: instrumentu Bulgarian: музикален инструмент Bulgarian: оръ́дие Bulgarian: сечиво́ Bulgarian: инструме́нт Catalan: instrument Cherokee: ᎧᏃᎩᏍᏙᏗ Czech: nástroj Danish: instrument Danish: musikinstrument Danish: værktøj Dutch: instrument Dutch: muziekinstrument Esperanto: instrumento Estonian: pill Estonian: muusikariist Estonian: vahend Finnish: soitin Finnish: instrumentti Finnish: väline French: instrument Galician: instrumento German: Instrument German: Musikinstrument German: Werkzeug Greek: όργανο Greek: εργαλείο Ancient Greek: ὄργανον Ancient Greek: ἐργαλεῖον Greenlandic: nipilersuut Hebrew: כלי נגינה Hebrew: כלי Hindi: वाद्य Hindi: बाजा Hindi: साधन Hindi: उपकरण Hungarian: hangszer Hungarian: műszer Icelandic: hljóðfæri Ido: muzik-instrumento Ido: muzikilo Indonesian: instrumen Irish: uirlis Irish: ionstraim Irish: gléas Irish: adhbh cheoil Italian: strumento Japanese: 楽器 Japanese: 鳴り物 Japanese: 鳴らし物 Japanese: 遊び物 Japanese: 器具 Japanese: 器械 Korean: 악기 Korean: 도구 Korean: 기계 Korean: 기구 Latin: organum Latin: instrūmentum Latvian: instruments Latvian: rīks Latvian: ierīce Lithuanian: instrumentas Lithuanian: įrankis Lithuanian: prietaisas Malayalam: സംഗീത ഉപകരണം Māori: mea whakatangi Māori: paraha Norwegian Bokmål: instrument Norwegian Nynorsk: instrument Polish: instrument Polish: narzędzie Polish: przyrząd Polish: przybór Portuguese: instrumento Romanian: instrument Russian: инструме́нт Russian: ору́дие Russian: приспособле́ние Russian: прибо́р Scottish Gaelic: ionnsramaid Scottish Gaelic: inneal-ciùil Scottish Gaelic: inneal
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