different between instrument vs machinery

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

From French machinerie (“machinery”), from machine (“machine”); see machine.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?-sh?'n?-r?, IPA^(key): /m???i?n??i/
• Rhymes: -i?n??i

Noun

machinery (countable and uncountable, plural machineries)

1. The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
2. The working parts of a machine as a group.
3. The collective parts of something which allow it to function.

   All of the machinery of the law was brought to bear on the investigation.

4. (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect

Derived terms

• heavy machinery
• political machinery

Related terms

• machinist

Translations

Further reading

• machinery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• machinery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• hemicrany