different between instrumental vs salutary

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)

1. 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.
2. (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.

3. (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)

1. (grammar) The instrumental case.
2. (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 […]

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)

1. instrumental

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.t?y.m??.tal/

Adjective

instrumental (feminine singular instrumentale, masculine plural instrumentaux, feminine plural instrumentales)

1. instrumental

Noun

instrumental m (plural instrumentaux)

1. (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)

1. (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)

1. Resembling an instrument in role; instrumental (serving as a means)
2. Resembling an instrument in use (i.e. being used as a tool)
3. 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)

1. (music) instrumental (having no singing)
2. (grammar) instrumental (pertaining to the instrumental case)

Noun

instrumental m (plural instrumentais)

1. (uncountable, grammar) instrumental (grammatical case)
2. (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)

1. instrumental

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

?nstrument?l m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????????)

1. the instrumental case
2. (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

1. (grammar) instrumental case

   Synonym: orodnik

2. (music) instrumental music

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Adjective

instrumental (plural instrumentales)

1. instrumental

Derived terms

• caso instrumental

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French salutaire and its source, Latin salutaris (“healthful”), from salus (“health”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?salj?t??i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sælj?t??i/

Adjective

salutary (comparative more salutary, superlative most salutary)

1. Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice.

   • We do it here historically, and I think it's, um, very salutary to know quite a bit about the history of ideas, particularly in philosophy which always suffers from a tendency to follow the latest fashion.

2. Promoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with salutatory (“characteristic of a salutation or greeting”).

Synonyms

• healful

Derived terms

• salutarily
• salutariness

Related terms

Translations

See also

• salutogenesis

Further reading

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