instrument
Middle English
/inˈstriu̯mɛnt/
noun
Definitions
- A tool or device used for manipulation, especially for medical and scientific uses.
- A device used to produce music; a musical instrument.
- A piece of weaponry such as a siege engine.
- A legal document, such as a contract, deed or will.
- The means by which one reaches an end or effect.
- A body part that performs a certain function; an organ.
- The human body as a whole
- One of the five senses.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French instrument derived from Latin instrūmentum (device, tool).
Origin
Latin
instrūmentum
Gloss
device, tool
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bioinstrument English
- hyperinstrument English
- instrument English
- instrumental English
- instrumentary English
- instrumentation English
- instrumentist English
- instrumentlike English
- instrumently English
- microinstrument English
- reinstrument English
- instrumentalis Latin
- instrūmentum Latin
- īnstrūmentum Latin
- instrumental Middle English
- instrument Old French
- instrument Middle Dutch
- instrument Middle French