instrument
English
/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/
noun
Definitions
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an effect.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- (legal) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English instrument derived from Old French instrument derived from Latin īnstrūmentum (an implement, tool).
Origin
Latin
īnstrūmentum
Gloss
an implement, tool
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
⚒️ ⚓️ ⚗️ ⚙️ ⛏️ ✂️ 🎛️ 🔍️ 🔎 🔥 🔦 🔧 🔨 🔩 🔪 🔫 🔬 🔭 🔮 🗜️ 🛠️ 🧰 🪚 🪛
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bioinstrument English
- bioinstrumentation English
- hyperinstrument English
- instrumentary English
- instrumentation English
- instrumentational English
- instrumentist English
- instrumentlike English
- instrumently English
- microinstrument English
- postinstrumentation English
- reinstrument English
- reinstrumentation English
- instrumentalis Latin
- instrūmentum Latin
- īnstrūmentum Latin
- instrumento Spanish, Castilian
- instrumento Portuguese
- instrument Polish
- instrument Middle English
- instrumental Middle English
- instrument Old French
- instrument Catalan, Valencian
- instrumento Galician
- instrument Middle Dutch
- instrument Middle French