"instrument" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/, /ˈɪnstɹʊmənt/ Audio: En-us-instrument.ogg [US] Forms: instruments [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”), From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|instrument}} Middle English instrument, {{der|en|fro|instrument}} Old French instrument, {{der|en|la|īnstrūmentum||an implement, tool}} Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”), {{suffix|la|īnstruō|mentum||nocat=1|t1=build, construct; arrange}} īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum Head templates: {{en-noun}} instrument (plural instruments)
  1. A device used to produce music. Translations (measuring device): прибор (pribor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), апарат (aparat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 仪器 (yíqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 仪表 (yíbiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), přístroj [masculine] (Czech), måleudstyr [neuter] (Danish), måleapparat [neuter] (Danish), måleinstrument [neuter] (Danish), instrument [neuter] (Dutch), meetinstrument [neuter] (Dutch), meter [masculine] (Dutch), mittari (Finnish), mittalaite (Finnish), Instrument [neuter] (German), Meßinstrument [neuter] (German), όργανο (órgano) [neuter] (Greek), מכשיר (makhshir) [masculine] (Hebrew), pribora (Ingrian), strumento [masculine] (Italian), 計器 (keiki) (Japanese), 계기 (gyegi) (alt: 計器) (Korean), måleapparat (Norwegian), urządzenie [neuter] (Polish), przyrząd [masculine] (Polish), instrumento [masculine] (Portuguese), aparelho [masculine] (Portuguese), instrument [neuter] (Romanian), aparat [neuter] (Romanian), прибо́р (pribór) [masculine] (Russian), устро́йство (ustrójstvo) [neuter] (Russian), inneal-tomhais [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), mätinstrument [neuter] (Swedish), เครื่องมือวัด (krʉ̂ʉang-mʉʉ-wát) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-instrument-en-noun-S~IvCfuG Disambiguation of 'measuring device': 35 2 25 16 16 2 4
  2. A means or agency for achieving an effect.
    Sense id: en-instrument-en-noun-CueRmuzZ
  3. A measuring or displaying device.
    Sense id: en-instrument-en-noun-ZosGlG7n
  4. A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
    Sense id: en-instrument-en-noun-hy14FSV8
  5. A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
    (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural-normally Alternative form of: flight instrument Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-instrument-en-noun-ESzk3XD4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 10 4 50 4 3 16 2 3 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  6. (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will. Categories (topical): Law Translations (legal document): instrument [masculine] (Catalan), acte [masculine] (French), Dokument [neuter] (German), Urkunde [feminine] (German), έγγραφο (éngrafo) [neuter] (Greek), מסמך (mismakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), ionstraim [feminine] (Irish), 증서 (jeungseo) (alt: 證書) (Korean), instrument [masculine] (Polish), инструме́нт (instrumént) [masculine] (Russian), акт (akt) [masculine] (Russian), гра́мота (grámota) [feminine] (Russian), instrumento [masculine] (Spanish), ตราสาร (dtraa-sǎan) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-instrument-en-noun-tRTNrE5Z Topics: law Disambiguation of 'legal document': 3 2 1 5 12 74 2
  7. (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal. Tags: figuratively Translations (person used as a mere tool): оръдие (orǎdie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), instrument [masculine] (Catalan), Handlanger [masculine] (German), υποχείριο (ypocheírio) [neuter] (Greek), ενεργούμενο (energoúmeno) [neuter] (Greek), 앞잡이 (apjabi) (Korean), įrankis [masculine] (Lithuanian), narzędzie [masculine] (Polish), instrumento [masculine] (Spanish), เครื่องมือ (krʉ̂ʉang-mʉʉ) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-instrument-en-noun-qA4QNC2v Disambiguation of 'person used as a mere tool': 12 1 1 13 13 1 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: implement, instrument, machine, tool, utensil Hypernyms: device, artifact Hyponyms: musical instrument, axe, hammer, pincers, pliers, saw, screwdriver, wrench Related terms: instrumental, :Category:Tools Translations (musical device): vegël (Albanian), vegël muzikor (Albanian), ὄργανον (órganon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), الة موسيقية (Arabic), музикален инструмент (english: muzikalen instrument) [masculine] (Bulgarian), instrument [masculine] (Catalan), ᎧᏃᎩᏍᏙᏗ (kanogisdodi) (Cherokee), nástroj [masculine] (Czech), instrument [neuter] (Danish), musikinstrument [neuter] (Danish), instrument [neuter] (Dutch), muziekinstrument [neuter] (Dutch), instrumento (Esperanto), pill (Estonian), muusikariist (Estonian), soitin (Finnish), instrumentti (Finnish), instrument [masculine] (French), instrumento [masculine] (Galician), Instrument [neuter] (German), Musikinstrument [neuter] (German), όργανο (órgano) [neuter] (Greek), nipilersuut (Greenlandic), כלי נגינה (kli negina) (Hebrew), hangszer (Hungarian), hljóðfæri (Icelandic), muzik-instrumento (Ido), muzikilo (Ido), instrumen (Indonesian), uirlis [feminine] (Irish), ionstraim [feminine] (Irish), gléas [masculine] (Irish), adhbh cheoil [feminine, literary] (Irish), strumento [masculine] (Italian), 楽器 (gakki) (Japanese), 鳴り物 (narimono) (Japanese), 鳴らし物 (narashimono) (Japanese), 遊び物 (asobimono) (Japanese), 악기 (akgi) (alt: 樂器) (Korean), organum [neuter] (Latin), instruments [masculine] (Latvian), instrumentas [masculine] (Lithuanian), സംഗീത ഉപകരണം (saṅgīta upakaraṇaṁ) (Malayalam), mea whakatangi (Maori), instrument [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), instrument [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), instrument [masculine] (Polish), instrumento [masculine] (Portuguese), instrument [neuter] (Romanian), инструме́нт (instrumént) [masculine] (Russian), ionnsramaid [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), inneal-ciùil [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), instrument [inanimate, masculine] (Slovene), inštrument [inanimate, masculine] (Slovene), glasbilo [neuter] (Slovene), instrumento [masculine] (Spanish), instrument [neuter] (Swedish), இசைக்கருவி (icaikkaruvi) (Tamil), เครื่องดนตรี (krʉ̂ʉang-don-dtrii) (Thai), རོལ་ཆའི་ཡོ་བྱད (rol cha'i yo byad) (Tibetan), інструме́нт (instrumént) [masculine] (Ukrainian), اوزار (ozaar) [masculine] (Urdu), ساز (saaz) [feminine] (Urdu), nhạc cụ (Vietnamese) Translations (tool): መሣሪያ (mäśariya) (Amharic), ἐργαλεῖον (ergaleîon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), آلَة (ʔāla) [feminine] (Arabic), أَدَاة (ʔadāh) [feminine] (Arabic), գործիք (gorcikʿ) (Armenian), alət (Azerbaijani), інструме́нт (instrumjént) [masculine] (Belarusian), оръ́дие (orǎ́die) [neuter] (Bulgarian), сечиво́ (sečivó) [neuter] (Bulgarian), инструме́нт (instrumént) [masculine] (Bulgarian), instrument [masculine] (Catalan), khì-kū [Hokkien] (Chinese), kang-kū (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 工具 (gōngjù) (Chinese Mandarin), nástroj [masculine] (Czech), instrument (Danish), værktøj [neuter] (Danish), instrument [neuter] (Dutch), vahend (Estonian), väline (Finnish), ინსტრუმენტი (insṭrumenṭi) (Georgian), იარაღი (iaraɣi) (Georgian), Werkzeug [neuter] (German), Instrument [neuter] (German), εργαλείο (ergaleío) [neuter] (Greek), כלי (kli) [masculine] (Hebrew), साधन (sādhan) [masculine] (Hindi), műszer (Hungarian), asu (Ingrian), pribora (Ingrian), ionstraim [feminine] (Irish), strumento [masculine] (Italian), 器具 (kigu) (Japanese), 器械 (kikai) (Japanese), alat (Javanese), perkakas (Javanese), piranti (Javanese), аспап (aspap) (Kazakh), 도구 (dogu) (alt: 道具) (Korean), 기계 (gigye) (alt: 器械) (Korean), 기구 (gigu) (alt: 器具) (Korean), аспап (aspap) (Kyrgyz), instrūmentum [neuter] (Latin), rīks [masculine] (Latvian), ierīce [feminine] (Latvian), įrankis [masculine] (Lithuanian), prietaisas [masculine] (Lithuanian), alat (Malay), paraha (Maori), redskap (Norwegian), اسباب (asbâb) (Persian), ابزار (abzâr) (Persian), instrument [masculine] (Polish), narzędzie [neuter] (Polish), przyrząd [masculine] (Polish), przybór [masculine] (Polish), instrumento [masculine] (Portuguese), инструме́нт (instrumént) [masculine] (Russian), ору́дие (orúdije) [neuter] (Russian), приспособле́ние (prisposoblénije) [neuter] (Russian), прибо́р (pribór) [masculine] (Russian), inneal [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), алат [Cyrillic, collective, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), alat [Roman, collective, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nástroj [masculine] (Slovak), orodje [neuter] (Slovene), instrumento [masculine] (Spanish), herramienta [feminine] (Spanish), instrument (note: especially a fine tool) [neuter] (Swedish), асбоб (asbob) (Tajik), олат (olat) (Tajik), абзор (abzor) (Tajik), పనిముట్టు (panimuṭṭu) (Telugu), เครื่อง (krʉ̂ʉang) (Thai), ལག་ཆ (lag cha) (Tibetan), enstrüman (Turkish), alet (Turkish), esbap (Turkmen), gural (Turkmen), інструме́нт (instrumént) [masculine] (Ukrainian), آلہ (ālā) [feminine] (Urdu), asbob (Uzbek), dụng cụ (Vietnamese), teclyn [masculine] (Welsh)

Verb

IPA: /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/, /ˈɪnstɹʊmənt/ Audio: En-us-instrument.ogg [US] Forms: instruments [present, singular, third-person], instrumenting [participle, present], instrumented [participle, past], instrumented [past]
Etymology: From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”), From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|instrument}} Middle English instrument, {{der|en|fro|instrument}} Old French instrument, {{der|en|la|īnstrūmentum||an implement, tool}} Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”), {{suffix|la|īnstruō|mentum||nocat=1|t1=build, construct; arrange}} īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum Head templates: {{en-verb}} instrument (third-person singular simple present instruments, present participle instrumenting, simple past and past participle instrumented)
  1. (transitive) To apply measuring devices. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to apply measuring devices): measure, supervise
    Sense id: en-instrument-en-verb-LIKij61y Disambiguation of 'to apply measuring devices': 97 2 1
  2. (transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-instrument-en-verb-xnWFUjJK
  3. To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument. Synonyms (to perform on an instrument): play Synonyms (to prepare for an instrument): arrange
    Sense id: en-instrument-en-verb-8TnggR6Q Disambiguation of 'to perform on an instrument': 3 11 86 Disambiguation of 'to prepare for an instrument': 1 4 95

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The violinist was a master of her instrument.",
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          "ref": "1568, William Cornishe [i.e., William Cornysh], “In the Fleete Made by Me William Cornishe otherwise Called Nyshwhete Chapelman with the Most Famose and Noble Kyng Henry the VII. His Reygne the XIX. Yere the Moneth of July. A Treatise betwene Trouth, and Information.”, in John Skelton, edited by J[ohn] S[tow], Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate, Imprinted at London: In Fletestreate, neare vnto St Dunstan-in-the-West by Thomas Marshe, →OCLC; republished as Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate to King Henry the VIIIth, London: Printed for C. Davis in Pater-noster Row, 1736, →OCLC, page 290",
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          "roman": "aparat",
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          "word": "仪器"
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          "word": "仪表"
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Musikinstrument"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "órgano",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "όργανο"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "órganon",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ὄργανον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "nipilersuut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kli negina",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "כלי נגינה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "hangszer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "hljóðfæri"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "muzik-instrumento"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "muzikilo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "instrumen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uirlis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ionstraim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gléas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "adhbh cheoil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strumento"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gakki",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "楽器"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "narimono",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "鳴り物"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "narashimono",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "鳴らし物"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "asobimono",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "遊び物"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "alt": "樂器",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "akgi",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "악기"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "organum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instruments"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrumentas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "saṅgīta upakaraṇaṁ",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "സംഗീത ഉപകരണം"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "mea whakatangi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrumento"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "instrumént",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "инструме́нт"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ionnsramaid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inneal-ciùil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inštrument"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "glasbilo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrumento"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "icaikkaruvi",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "இசைக்கருவி"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "krʉ̂ʉang-don-dtrii",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "เครื่องดนตรี"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "rol cha'i yo byad",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "རོལ་ཆའི་ཡོ་བྱད"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "instrumént",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "інструме́нт"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ozaar",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اوزار"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "saaz",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ساز"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 1 42 1 6 1 1",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "nhạc cụ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "mäśariya",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "መሣሪያ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔāla",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "آلَة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔadāh",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "أَدَاة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gorcikʿ",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "գործիք"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "alət"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "instrumjént",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "інструме́нт"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "orǎ́die",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "оръ́дие"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sečivó",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сечиво́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "instrumént",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "инструме́нт"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "khì-kū"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "kang-kū (zh-min-nan)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngjù",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "工具"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nástroj"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "værktøj"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "vahend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "väline"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "insṭrumenṭi",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "ინსტრუმენტი"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "iaraɣi",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "იარაღი"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Werkzeug"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Instrument"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ergaleío",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "εργαλείο"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ergaleîon",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ἐργαλεῖον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kli",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "כלי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sādhan",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "साधन"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "műszer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "asu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "pribora"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ionstraim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strumento"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kigu",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "器具"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kikai",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "器械"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "alat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "perkakas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "piranti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aspap",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "аспап"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "alt": "道具",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dogu",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "도구"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "alt": "器械",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gigye",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "기계"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "alt": "器具",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gigu",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "기구"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "aspap",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "аспап"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "instrūmentum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rīks"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ierīce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "įrankis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prietaisas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "alat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "paraha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "redskap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "asbâb",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "اسباب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "abzâr",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "ابزار"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 40 40 0 20",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "narzędzie"
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada",
          "text": "The bold are but the instruments o' the wise.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪnstɹʊmənt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-instrument.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/En-us-instrument.ogg/En-us-instrument.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/En-us-instrument.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:instrument",
      "word": "implement"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:instrument",
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:instrument",
      "word": "machine"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:instrument",
      "word": "tool"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:instrument",
      "word": "utensil"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "vegël"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "vegël muzikor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "الة موسيقية"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "english": "muzikalen instrument",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "музикален инструмент"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "kanogisdodi",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "ᎧᏃᎩᏍᏙᏗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nástroj"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "musikinstrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "muziekinstrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "instrumento"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "pill"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "muusikariist"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "soitin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "instrumentti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrumento"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Musikinstrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "órgano",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "όργανο"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "órganon",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ὄργανον"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "nipilersuut"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kli negina",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "כלי נגינה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "hangszer"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "hljóðfæri"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "muzik-instrumento"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "muzikilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "instrumen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uirlis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ionstraim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gléas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "adhbh cheoil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strumento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gakki",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "楽器"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "narimono",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "鳴り物"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "narashimono",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "鳴らし物"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "asobimono",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "遊び物"
    },
    {
      "alt": "樂器",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "akgi",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "악기"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "organum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instruments"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrumentas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "saṅgīta upakaraṇaṁ",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "സംഗീത ഉപകരണം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "mea whakatangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrumento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "instrumént",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "инструме́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ionnsramaid"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inneal-ciùil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inštrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "glasbilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrumento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "icaikkaruvi",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "இசைக்கருவி"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "krʉ̂ʉang-don-dtrii",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "เครื่องดนตรี"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "rol cha'i yo byad",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "རོལ་ཆའི་ཡོ་བྱད"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "instrumént",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "інструме́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ozaar",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اوزار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "saaz",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ساز"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "musical device",
      "word": "nhạc cụ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pribor",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прибор"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "aparat",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "апарат"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yíqì",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "word": "仪器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yíbiǎo",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "word": "仪表"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "přístroj"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "måleudstyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "måleapparat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "måleinstrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "meetinstrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "word": "mittari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "word": "mittalaite"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Meßinstrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "órgano",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "όργανο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "makhshir",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מכשיר"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "word": "pribora"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strumento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keiki",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "word": "計器"
    },
    {
      "alt": "計器",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyegi",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "word": "계기"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "word": "måleapparat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "urządzenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przyrząd"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrumento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aparelho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aparat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pribór",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прибо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ustrójstvo",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "устро́йство"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inneal-tomhais"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mätinstrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "krʉ̂ʉang-mʉʉ-wát",
      "sense": "measuring device",
      "word": "เครื่องมือวัด"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "mäśariya",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "መሣሪያ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔāla",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "آلَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔadāh",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "أَدَاة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gorcikʿ",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "գործիք"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "alət"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "instrumjént",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "інструме́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "orǎ́die",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "оръ́дие"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sečivó",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сечиво́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "instrumént",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "инструме́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "khì-kū"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "kang-kū (zh-min-nan)"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngjù",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "工具"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nástroj"
    },
    {
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "tg",
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      "code": "te",
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      "code": "th",
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      "code": "bo",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "th",
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  "word": "instrument"
}

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