Meanings
nounmusical instrument (plural musical instruments)
plural musical instruments
- A device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds.
Synonyms: instrument
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nounA device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds.
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nounany of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
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Origin
- Middle Englishmusical instrumentis pl
- Englishmusical instrument
From Middle English musical instrumentis pl, musicalle instrumentes pl.
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Afrikaans musiekinstrument
- musiekinstrumenta device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Ancient Greek ὄργανον μουσικόν
- ὄργανον μουσικόν (órganon mousikón)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Arabic آلَة مُوسِيقِيَّة
- آلَة مُوسِيقِيَّة (ʔāla mūsīqiyya)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Bengali বাদ্যযন্ত্র
- বাদ্যযন্ত্র (baddojontro)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Bulgarian музика́лен инструме́нт
- музика́лен инструме́нт (muzikálen instrumént)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Catalan instrument musical, instrument de música
- instrument musicala device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- instrument de músicaa device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Chinese Cantonese 樂器 /乐器
- 樂器 /乐器 (ngok⁶ hei³)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Chinese Mandarin 樂器 /乐器
- 樂器 /乐器 (yuèqì)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Czech hudební nástroj
- hudební nástroja device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Danish musikinstrument
- musikinstrumenta device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Dutch muziekinstrument
- muziekinstrumenta device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Esperanto muzikinstrumento, muzikilo
- muzikinstrumentoa device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- muzikiloa device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Estonian pill, muusikainstrument
- pilla device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- muusikainstrumenta device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Finnish soitin, musiikki-instrumentti
- soitina device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- musiikki-instrumenttia device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
French instrument de musique
- instrument de musiquea device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
German Musikinstrument
- Musikinstrumenta device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Greek μουσικό όργανο
- μουσικό όργανο (mousikó órgano)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Hebrew כְּלִי נְגִינָה
- כְּלִי נְגִינָה (kli n'giná)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Hindi वाद्य, बाजा
- वाद्य (vādya)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- बाजा (bājā)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- साज़ (sāz)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- संगीत वाद्य (saṅgīt vādya)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- वाद्ययंत्र (vādyayantra)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Hungarian hangszer
- hangszera device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Icelandic hljóðfæri
- hljóðfæria device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Indonesian alat musik
- alat musika device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Irish uirlis cheoil, gléas ceoil
- uirlis cheoila device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- gléas ceoila device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- ionstraim (cheoil)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- adhbh cheoila device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Italian strumento musicale
- strumento musicalea device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Japanese 楽器
- 楽器 (gakki)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Korean 악기
- 악기 (akgi)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Latvian mūzikas instruments
- mūzikas instrumentsa device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Lithuanian muzikos instrumentas
- muzikos instrumentasa device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Malay alat muzik
- alat muzika device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Māori taonga pūoro, mea whakatangitangi
- taonga pūoroa device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- mea whakatangitangia device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Norwegian Bokmål musikkinstrument
- musikkinstrumenta device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Polish instrument muzyczny
- instrument muzycznya device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Portuguese instrumento musical
- instrumento musicala device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Romanian instrument muzical
- instrument muzicala device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Russian музыка́льный инструме́нт
- музыка́льный инструме́нт (muzykálʹnyj instrumént)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Scottish Gaelic ionnsramaid, inneal-ciùil
- ionnsramaida device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- inneal-ciùila device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Slovak hudobný nástroj
- hudobný nástroja device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Spanish instrumento musical
- instrumento musicala device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Swahili ala ya muziki
- ala ya muzikia device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Swedish musikinstrument
- musikinstrumenta device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Tagalog panugtog, instrumento
- panugtoga device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- instrumentoa device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Tamil இசை கருவி
- இசை கருவி (icai karuvi)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Thai เครื่องดนตรี
- เครื่องดนตรี (krʉ̂ʉang-don-dtrii)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Turkish müzik aleti, enstrüman
- müzik aletia device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- enstrümana device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- çalgıa device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Ukrainian музи́чний інструме́нт
- музи́чний інструме́нт (muzýčnyj instrumént)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Urdu ساز
- ساز (sāz)a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Vietnamese nhạc cụ, nhạc khí
- nhạc cụa device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
- nhạc khía device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Welsh offeryn cerdd
- offeryn cerdda device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
Cite this entry
APA
musical instrument. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musical%20instrument
MLA
“musical instrument.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musical%20instrument. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “musical instrument,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musical%20instrument.
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