instrumento

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See also: instrumentó

Catalan

Verb

instrumento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of instrumentar

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eo
Basgitaro, muzikinstrumento
Skalpelo, medicina instrumento

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin īnstrūmentum (an implement, tool), from īnstruō (build, construct; arrange) +‎ -mentum. Compare Italian strumento, Russian инструме́нт (instrumént), German Instrument, Polish instrument.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧men‧to

Noun

instrumento (accusative singular instrumenton, plural instrumentoj, accusative plural instrumentojn)

  1. musical instrument (device used to produce or play music)
  2. instrument (tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement)

Derived terms

Galician

Etymology

From Latin īnstrūmentum.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧men‧to

Noun

instrumento m (plural instrumentos)

  1. instrument (a tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement)
  2. instrument (a device used to produce music)
  3. (figurative) instrument (a person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal)

Further reading

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto instrumentoEnglish instrumentFrench instrumentGerman InstrumentItalian instrumentoRussian инструме́нт (instrumént)Spanish instrumento.

Pronunciation

Noun

instrumento (plural instrumenti)

  1. instrument

Interlingua

Noun

instrumento (plural instrumentos)

  1. instrument

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.struˈmen.to/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: in‧stru‧mén‧to

Noun

instrumento m (plural instrumenti)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of strumento

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

īnstrūmentō n

  1. dative/ablative singular of īnstrūmentum

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

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Noun

instrumeñto

  1. genitive singular of instrumeñtas (instrument)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin īnstrūmentum.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ẽtu
  • Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧men‧to

Noun

instrumento m (plural instrumentos)

  1. tool (mechanical device intended to make a task easier)
    Synonym: ferramenta
  2. musical instrument (device used to produce music)
    Synonym: instrumento musical

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

instrumento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of instrumentar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /instɾuˈmento/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: ins‧tru‧men‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin īnstrūmentum.

Noun

instrumento m (plural instrumentos)

  1. instrument (device)
  2. (musical) instrument
  3. tool, means
  4. (law) instrument
  5. (vulgar) tool (a term for the penis)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Zoogocho Zapotec: instrument

Etymology 2

Verb

instrumento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of instrumentar

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish instrumento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔinstɾuˈmento/,
  • Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧men‧to

Noun

instrumento (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. instrument; tool
    Synonyms: kagamitan, kasangkapan
  2. musical instrument
    Synonym: panugtog

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