Meanings
nounwind instrument (plural wind instruments)
plural wind instruments
- entertainmentAny musical instrument that produces sound when air flows through it.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
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Translations
Arabic آلَةِ الْفَم
- آلَةِ الْفَم (ʔālati l-fam)type of musical instrument
Basque haize instrumentu
- haize instrumentutype of musical instrument
Bulgarian ду́хов инструме́нт
- ду́хов инструме́нт (dúhov instrumént)type of musical instrument
Catalan instrument de vent, instrument aeròfon
- instrument de venttype of musical instrument
- instrument aeròfontype of musical instrument
Chinese Mandarin 管樂器 /管乐器, 吹奏樂器 /吹奏乐器
- 管樂器 /管乐器 (guǎnyuèqì)type of musical instrument
- 吹奏樂器 /吹奏乐器 (chuīzòu yuèqì)type of musical instrument
Czech dechový nástroj
- dechový nástrojtype of musical instrument
Danish blæseinstrument
- blæseinstrumenttype of musical instrument
Dutch blaasinstrument
- blaasinstrumenttype of musical instrument
Esperanto blovinstrumento
- blovinstrumentotype of musical instrument
Finnish puhallin, puhallinsoitin
- puhallintype of musical instrument
- puhallinsoitintype of musical instrument
- puhallussoitintype of musical instrument
French instrument à vent
- instrument à venttype of musical instrument
German Blasinstrument
- Blasinstrumenttype of musical instrument
Greek πνευστό όργανο, πνευστό
- πνευστό όργανο (pnefstó órgano)type of musical instrument
- πνευστό (pnefstó)type of musical instrument
Hebrew כְּלִי נְשִׁיפָה
- כְּלִי נְשִׁיפָה (k'li n'shifá)type of musical instrument
Hungarian fúvós hangszer
- fúvós hangszertype of musical instrument
Icelandic blásturshljóðfæri
- blásturshljóðfæritype of musical instrument
Indonesian alat musik tiup
- alat musik tiuptype of musical instrument
Italian strumento ad ancia
- strumento ad anciatype of musical instrument
Japanese 管楽器
- 管楽器 (kangakki)type of musical instrument
Korean 관악기
- 관악기 (gwanakgi)type of musical instrument
Norwegian Bokmål blåseinstrument
- blåseinstrumenttype of musical instrument
Polish instrument dęty
- instrument dętytype of musical instrument
Portuguese instrumento de sopro, instrumento de vento
- instrumento de soprotype of musical instrument
- instrumento de ventotype of musical instrument
Romanian instrument de suflat
- instrument de suflattype of musical instrument
Russian духово́й инструме́нт
- духово́й инструме́нт (duxovój instrumént)type of musical instrument
Slovak dychový nástroj
- dychový nástrojtype of musical instrument
Spanish instrumento de viento, aerófono
- instrumento de vientotype of musical instrument
- aerófonotype of musical instrument
Swedish blåsinstrument
- blåsinstrumenttype of musical instrument
Tagalog ihipang panugtog
- ihipang panugtogtype of musical instrument
Turkish üflemeli çalgı
- üflemeli çalgıtype of musical instrument
Ukrainian духови́й інструме́нт
- духови́й інструме́нт (duxovýj instrumént)type of musical instrument
Welsh offeryn chwyth
- offeryn chwythtype of musical instrument
Cite this entry
APA
wind instrument. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wind%20instrument
MLA
“wind instrument.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wind%20instrument. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wind instrument,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wind%20instrument.
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