different between instrument vs avenue

English

Etymology

From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin ?nstr?mentum (“an implement, tool”), suffix -mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nst??m?nt/, /??nst??m?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?stru?ment

Noun

instrument (plural instruments)

1. A device used to produce music.
2. A means or agency for achieving an effect.
3. A measuring or displaying device.

4. A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.

5. (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.

6. (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
   • 1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada

     The bold are but the instruments o' the wise.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:instrument

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

instrument (third-person singular simple present instruments, present participle instrumenting, simple past and past participle instrumented)

1. (transitive) To apply measuring devices.
2. (transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
3. To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.

   a sonata instrumented for orchestra

Synonyms

• (to apply measuring devices): measure, supervise
• (to devise, conceive):
• (to perform on an instrument): play
• (to prepare for an instrument): arrange

Adjective

instrument (not comparable)

1. (aviation) Flown by reference to an aircraft's cockpit-mounted flight instruments, rather than by using visual landmarks as a guide.

See also

• instrumental

Anagrams

• nutriments

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?nstr?mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ins.t?u?ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ins.t?u?men/

Noun

instrument m (plural instruments)

1. instrument (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

Related terms

• instrumental
• instrumentar

Further reading

• “instrument” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “instrument” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “instrument” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “instrument” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin ?nstr?mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.stry?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?stru?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

instrument n (plural instrumenten, diminutive instrumentje n)

1. instrument
2. (music) musical instrument

   Synonyms: muziekinstrument, speeltuig

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Middle French instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin ?nstr?mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.t?y.m??/

Noun

instrument m (plural instruments)

1. instrument (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

• instrument à cordes
• instrument à vent
• instrument de musique

Further reading

• “instrument” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• jnstrument, ynstrument, instreument, enstrement

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French instrument, from Latin instr?mentum (“tool, device”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in?striu?m?nt/, /?instrum?nt/

Noun

instrument (plural instrumentes)

1. A tool or device used for manipulation, especially for medical and scientific uses.
2. A device used to produce music; a musical instrument.
3. A piece of weaponry (such as a siege engine).
4. A legal document, such as a contract, deed or will.
5. The means by which one reaches an end or effect.
6. A body part that performs a certain function; an organ.
7. The human body as a whole
8. One of the five senses.

Synonyms

• (music): organe; organum; simphane; symphonye

Related terms

• instrumental

Descendants

• English: instrument

References

• “instr??ment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

Middle French

Noun

instrument m (plural instrumens)

1. (musical) instrument
2. instrument (device, often mechanical)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

instrument n (definite singular instrumentet, indefinite plural instrument or instrumenter, definite plural instrumenta or instrumentene)

1. an instrument

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

instrument n (definite singular instrumentet, indefinite plural instrument, definite plural instrumenta)

1. an instrument

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

From Latin ?nstr?mentum ("an implement, tool").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in?stru.m?nt/

Noun

instrument m inan

1. instrument

Declension

Derived terms

• instrumentalny

Further reading

• instrument in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French instrument, from Latin instrumentum.

Noun

instrument n (plural instrumente)

1. instrument

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

instrument n

1. an instrument (of music, for measurement, method, tool, or financial contract), a device

Declension

Related terms

• blåsinstrument
• instrumentalist
• instrumentbräda
• instrumentell
• instrumentera
• instrumentmakare
• instrumentpanel
• stråkinstrument
• stränginstrument

Zoogocho Zapotec

Alternative forms

• stroment

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish instrumento.

Noun

instrument

1. musical instrument

References

• Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)?^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 236

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French avenue, from Old French avenue, feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”), from Latin adveni?, adven?re (“come to”), from ad (“to”) + veni?, ven?re (“come”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æv.??nju?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æv.??n(j)u/
• Hyphenation: av?e?nue

Noun

avenue (plural avenues)

1. A broad street, especially one bordered by trees.
2. A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
3. The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
4. A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
5. (urban toponymy) A street, especially, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is in a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.

Usage notes

Sometimes used interchangeably with other terms such as street. When distinguished, an avenue is generally broad and tree-lined. Further, in many American cities laid out on a grid, notably Manhattan, streets run east-west, while avenues run north-south.

When abbreviated in an address (such as "Malcolm Ave" or "Fisher Av.") a capital "A" is normally used and a full stop (period) only used if "e" is not the last letter of the abbreviation.

In French traditionally used for routes between two places within a city, named for the destination (or formally where it is coming from), as in the archetypal Avenue des Champs-Élysées. This distinction is not observed in US English, where names such as “Fifth Avenue” are common. In British English, 'Avenue' is usually more associated with a tree-lined street and is sometimes named after the species of tree e.g. Acacia Avenue.

Synonyms

• (broad street): drive, boulevard
• (broad street): av., av, ave., ave (abbreviation)

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French avenue, from Old French avenue, feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”), from Latin adveni?, adven?re (“come to”), from ad (“to”) + veni?, ven?re (“come”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /av?ny/, [æv??ny]

Noun

avenue c (singular definite avenuen, plural indefinite avenuer)

1. avenue

Inflection

References

• “avenue” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Old French avenue, feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”), from Latin adveni?, adven?re (“come to”), from ad (“to”) + veni?, ven?re (“come”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /av.ny/

Noun

avenue f (plural avenues)

1. avenue (broad street, especially bordered with trees)
2. (specifically) a radial avenue (an avenue radiating from a central point, especially bordered with trees)
3. (dated) avenue (principal walk or approach to a house or other building)
4. (figuratively) avenue (means by which something may be accomplished)

Derived terms

• (abbreviation): av., av, ave., ave

Adjective

avenue

1. feminine singular of avenu

Further reading

• “avenue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).