instrumento
Esperanto
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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
- IPA(key): [instruˈmento]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ento
- Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧men‧to
Noun
instrumento (accusative singular instrumenton, plural instrumentoj, accusative plural instrumentojn)
- musical instrument (device used to produce or play music)
- instrument (tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement)
Derived terms
- blovinstrumento
- kordinstrumento
- muzikinstrumento
- perkutinstrumento
Galician
Etymology
From Latin īnstrūmentum.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧men‧to
Noun
instrumento m (plural instrumentos)
- instrument (a tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement)
- instrument (a device used to produce music)
- (figurative) instrument (a person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal)
Further reading
- “instrumento” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto instrumento, English instrument, French instrument, German Instrument, Italian instrumento, Russian инструме́нт (instrumént), Spanish instrumento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.struˈmen.to/
Noun
instrumento (plural instrumenti)
- instrument
Interlingua
Noun
instrumento (plural instrumentos)
- instrument
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.struˈmen.to/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Hyphenation: in‧stru‧mén‧to
Noun
instrumento m (plural instrumenti)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of strumento
Anagrams
- strumentino
Latin
Noun
īnstrūmentō
- dative/ablative singular of īnstrūmentum
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnstrūmentum.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩs.tɾuˈmẽ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩʃ.tɾuˈmẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩs.tɾuˈmẽ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩʃ.tɾuˈmẽ.tu/
- Rhymes: -ẽtu
- Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧men‧to
Noun
instrumento m (plural instrumentos)
- tool (mechanical device intended to make a task easier)
- Synonym: ferramenta
- musical instrument (device used to produce music)
- Synonym: instrumento musical
Further reading
- “instrumento” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “instrumento” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /instɾuˈmento/ [ĩns.t̪ɾuˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: ins‧tru‧men‧to
Etymology 1
From Latin īnstrūmentum.
Noun
instrumento m (plural instrumentos)
- instrument (device)
- (musical) instrument
- tool, means
- (law) instrument
- (vulgar) tool (a term for the penis)
Derived terms
- caja de instrumentos
- instrumental
- instrumentar
- instrumento de cuerda
- instrumento musical
Descendants
- → Zoogocho Zapotec: instrument
Verb
instrumento
- first-person singular present indicative of instrumentar
Further reading
- “instrumento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish instrumento.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧men‧to
- IPA(key): /ʔinstɾuˈmento/, [ʔɪns.tɾʊˈmen.to]
Noun
instrumento
- instrument; tool
- Synonyms: kagamitan, kasangkapan
- musical instrument
- Synonym: panugtog
Related terms
- instrumentasyon