instrumentality
English
/ɪnstɹʊmɛnˈtalɪti/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The quality or condition of being instrumental; serving a purpose, being useful.
- (countable) A governmental organ with a specific purpose.
- (countable) Something that is instrumental; an instrument.
Etymology
Suffix from English instrumental.
Origin
English
instrumental
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- instrumental English
- instrumentalisation English
- instrumentalism English
- instrumentalist English
- instrumentalize English
- instrumentally English
- instrumentalness English
- noninstrumental English
- uninstrumental English
- インストゥルメンタル Japanese
- instrumental Middle English