different between instrumental vs bagatelle
instrumental
English
Etymology
From Middle English instrumental, instrumentale, from Medieval Latin instrumentalis, from instruere (“to build into, set up, construct, furnish", hence "to train”), from in- (“on”) + struere (“to put together, arrange, pile up, build, construct”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, to strew”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nst???m?nt?l/, /?nst???m?nt?l/
Adjective
instrumental (comparative more instrumental, superlative most instrumental)
- essential or central; of great importance or relevance.
- 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 2, 51:
- Few songwriters have been as instrumental in creating the mold for American music.
- 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 2, 51:
- (music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).
- 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second
- He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship.
- c. 1700, John Dryden, Cymon and Iphigenia
- Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental sounds.
- 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second
- (grammar) Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective.
- the instrumental case
Antonyms
- noninstrumental
Coordinate terms
- (serving as a means): final
- (music): vocal, a capella
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
instrumental (plural instrumentals)
- (grammar) The instrumental case.
- (music) A composition written or performed without lyrics, sometimes using a lead instrument to replace vocals.
- 1977, Stereo Review (volume 38, page 70)
- I recommend this album in the face of the fact that five of the eleven songs are the purest filler, dull instrumentals with a harmonica rifling over an indifferent rhythm section. The rest is magnificent […]
- 1977, Stereo Review (volume 38, page 70)
Translations
Further reading
- instrumental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- instrumental in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Adjective
instrumental (masculine and feminine plural instrumentals)
- instrumental
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s.t?y.m??.tal/
Adjective
instrumental (feminine singular instrumentale, masculine plural instrumentaux, feminine plural instrumentales)
- instrumental
Noun
instrumental m (plural instrumentaux)
- (grammar) instrumental, instrumental case
See also
- accusatif
- génitif
- locatif
- nominatif
- vocatif
Further reading
- “instrumental” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
From French instrumental. Equivalent to Instrument +? -al.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
instrumental (not comparable)
- (music) instrumental
Declension
Antonyms
- nichtinstrumental
Further reading
- “instrumental” in Duden online
Middle English
Alternative forms
- instrumentale, instrumentall
Etymology
From Medieval Latin instrumentalis; equivalent to instrument +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /instriu?m?n?ta?l/, /instru?m?ntal/
Adjective
instrumental (rare)
- Resembling an instrument in role; instrumental (serving as a means)
- Resembling an instrument in use (i.e. being used as a tool)
- Resembling a (specific kind of) instrument in appearance.
Descendants
- English: instrumental
References
- “instr??ment?l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.
Portuguese
Adjective
instrumental m or f (plural instrumentais, comparable)
- (music) instrumental (having no singing)
- (grammar) instrumental (pertaining to the instrumental case)
Noun
instrumental m (plural instrumentais)
- (uncountable, grammar) instrumental (grammatical case)
- (countable, music) instrumental (composition without singing)
Romanian
Etymology
From French instrumental.
Adjective
instrumental m or n (feminine singular instrumental?, masculine plural instrumentali, feminine and neuter plural instrumentale)
- instrumental
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
?nstrument?l m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????????)
- the instrumental case
- (music) a composition made for instruments only or a (version of some) song in which only the instruments are heard
Declension
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /í?nstrum?ntal/, /instrum?ntá?l/
Noun
?nstrumental or instrument?l m inan
- (grammar) instrumental case
- Synonym: orodnik
- (music) instrumental music
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
Adjective
instrumental (plural instrumentales)
- instrumental
Derived terms
- caso instrumental
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bagatelle
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French bagatelle, from Italian bagattella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bæ???t?l/
Noun
bagatelle (plural bagatelles)
- A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
- 1782, Charles Macklin, Love a-la-Mode 21:,
- Sir C.?Oh! dear madam, don't ask me, it's a very foolish song—a mere bagatelle.
Char.?Oh! Sir Callaghan, I will admit of no excuse.
- Sir C.?Oh! dear madam, don't ask me, it's a very foolish song—a mere bagatelle.
- 1850, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 68, page 226)
- […] the jails were larger and fuller, the number of murders was incomparably greater, the thefts and swindlings in the old country were a bagatelle to the large depredations there […]
- 1879 September 6, "Railway Projects", Railway World, 5 (36): 853
- The repayment of the cost of the western part of the road, whatever it might be, would be a mere bagatelle, for the older provinces would have been enriched by the stimulus given to business by the opening up of the plains, […]
- Synonyms: bag of shells; see also Thesaurus:trifle
- 1782, Charles Macklin, Love a-la-Mode 21:,
- A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.
- 2007, Norman Lebrecht, The Life And Death of Classical Music, page 7
- One afternoon in 1920. a young pianist sat down in a shuttered room in the capital of defeated Germany and played a Bagatelle by Beethoven.
- 2007, Norman Lebrecht, The Life And Death of Classical Music, page 7
- A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
- 1895, Hugh Legge, "The Repton Club", in John Matthew Knapp (ed.), The Universities and the Social Problem, page 139
- For some time they did nothing save box, but at last they went down to the bagatelle room, and played bagatelle for a bit. They marked this advance in civilization by prodding holes in the ceiling with the bagatelle cues, which gave the ceiling the appearance of a cloth target after a Gatling gun had been shooting at it.
- 1895, Hugh Legge, "The Repton Club", in John Matthew Knapp (ed.), The Universities and the Social Problem, page 139
- Any of several smaller, wooden table top games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins; also called pin bagatelle, hit-a-pin bagatelle, jaw ball.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- carom
- pachinko
- pinball
Verb
bagatelle (third-person singular simple present bagatelles, present participle bagatelling, simple past and past participle bagatelled)
- (intransitive, rare) To meander or move around, in a manner similar to the ball in the game of bagatelle.
- (transitive, rare) To bagatellize; to regard as a bagatelle.
Further reading
- bagatelle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- bagatelle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- bagatelle at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
From Italian bagattella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.?a.t?l/
Noun
bagatelle f (plural bagatelles)
- bagatelle, trinket, bauble
- (food) trifle
Descendants
- ? Danish: bagatel
- ? Dutch: bagatel
- ? English: bagatelle
- ? German: Bagatelle
Further reading
- “bagatelle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
bagatelle f
- plural of bagatella
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