"instrumental" meaning in English

See instrumental in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnstɹəˈmɛntəl/, /ɪnstɹʊˈmɛntəl/ Audio: en-us-instrumental.ogg Forms: more instrumental [comparative], most instrumental [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛntəl Etymology: From Middle English instrumental, instrumentale, from Medieval Latin īnstrūmentālis, equivalent to instrument + -al. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|instrumental}} Middle English instrumental, {{der|en|ML.|īnstrūmentālis}} Medieval Latin īnstrūmentālis, {{af|en|instrument|-al}} instrument + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} instrumental (comparative more instrumental, superlative most instrumental)
  1. Essential or central; of great importance or relevance.
    Sense id: en-instrumental-en-adj-ganC9t97
  2. Serving as an instrument, medium, means, or agency. Coordinate_terms (serving as a means): final Translations (acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; essential or central.): инструментален (instrumentalen) (Bulgarian), 有幫助的 (Chinese Mandarin), 有帮助的 (Chinese Mandarin), 可作為方法的 (Chinese Mandarin), 可作为方法的 (Chinese Mandarin), 可作為手段的 (Chinese Mandarin), 可作为手段的 (Chinese Mandarin), dienlich (German), förderlich (German), entscheidend (German), hilfreich (German), instrumental (Indonesian), instrumentell (Norwegian Bokmål), instrumentell (Norwegian Nynorsk), instrumentalny (Polish), instrumental (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-instrumental-en-adj-cZpZOmU~ Disambiguation of 'serving as a means': 1 62 4 3 30 Disambiguation of 'acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; essential or central.': 23 37 20 11 9
  3. (music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice). Categories (topical): Music Translations (of musical instrument): instrumental (Catalan), instrumentální (Czech), instrumentaal (Dutch), instrumentaalinen (Finnish), soitin- (Finnish), soittimellinen (Finnish), instrumental (French), instrumental (Galician), instrumental (German), instrumentell (German), οργανικός (organikós) (Greek), instrumentális (Hungarian), インストゥルメンタル (insuturumentaru) (Japanese), instrumentinis [masculine] (Lithuanian), instrumentalny (Polish), instrumental (Portuguese), instrumental (Romanian), instrumentalen (Slovene), instrumental (Spanish), aletli (Turkish), aletsel (Turkish), enstrümantal (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-instrumental-en-adj-9CR4A73j Categories (other): English terms with collocations Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'of musical instrument': 1 28 42 25 4
  4. (music) A pause in the vocals of a song, usually occurring midway through, in which a musical instrument replaces the vocals. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-instrumental-en-adj-BL9fdYIW Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  5. (grammar) Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally corresponding to the English use of prepositions such as by, with, through, or by means of with the objective case. Categories (topical): Grammar, Grammatical cases Translations (pertaining to the instrumental case): instrumental (Albanian), գործիական (gorciakan) (Armenian), тво́рны (tvórny) (Belarusian), твори́телен (tvorítelen) (Bulgarian), instrumentaalinen (Finnish), instrumental (French), მოქმედებითი (mokmedebiti) (Georgian), Instrumentalis [masculine] (German), enstrimantal (Haitian Creole), eszközhatározói (Hungarian), instrumental (Indonesian), ຊ່ວຍ (suāi) (Lao), narzędnikowy (Polish), instrumental (Portuguese), instrumental (Romanian), твори́тельный (tvorítelʹnyj) (Russian), orodniški (Slovene), instrumental (Spanish), nakatulong (Tagalog), enstrümental (Turkish), ору́дний (orúdnyj) (Ukrainian), آلہ کار (alah-e-kar) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-instrumental-en-adj-F65P10wL Disambiguation of Grammatical cases: 2 5 4 5 41 28 14 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Haitian Creole translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lao translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 8 9 11 45 9 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 1 6 7 8 61 6 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 6 5 7 60 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 1 4 3 0 3 3 5 19 3 8 0 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 3 21 4 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 2 0 2 2 6 23 2 9 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 27 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 3 12 13 11 36 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 3 12 13 11 35 7 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 4 9 11 11 42 8 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 3 7 12 12 38 7 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 4 9 9 11 43 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 8 10 10 42 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 12 13 11 33 9 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 1 9 9 11 46 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 8 10 9 45 7 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 8 10 12 47 7 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 3 8 10 10 41 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 3 11 13 11 34 6 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 9 9 11 48 7 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 5 13 11 9 34 13 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Haitian Creole translations: 3 10 12 10 34 14 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 5 14 13 10 30 11 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 3 12 13 11 36 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 1 8 8 10 50 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 1 8 8 10 50 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 3 8 10 9 45 7 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Lao translations: 3 10 11 12 37 6 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 3 12 13 11 36 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 6 9 11 11 36 10 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 4 8 11 10 39 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 1 6 7 9 52 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 3 9 10 10 43 8 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 10 18 11 38 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 3 8 10 10 41 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 1 8 8 10 50 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 3 12 13 11 36 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 7 7 10 49 7 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 3 8 10 10 43 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 3 7 10 9 46 7 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 8 10 10 41 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 4 9 9 11 44 6 18 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'pertaining to the instrumental case': 0 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: instrumental error, instrumentalist, instrumentality, instrumental rationality, instrumental version, instrumental width, instrumentation, instrumentive Related terms: instrument Coordinate_terms: vocal [music, entertainment, lifestyle], a cappella [music, entertainment, lifestyle]

Noun

IPA: /ɪnstɹəˈmɛntəl/, /ɪnstɹʊˈmɛntəl/ Audio: en-us-instrumental.ogg Forms: instrumentals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛntəl Etymology: From Middle English instrumental, instrumentale, from Medieval Latin īnstrūmentālis, equivalent to instrument + -al. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|instrumental}} Middle English instrumental, {{der|en|ML.|īnstrūmentālis}} Medieval Latin īnstrūmentālis, {{af|en|instrument|-al}} instrument + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} instrumental (plural instrumentals)
  1. (grammar) The instrumental case. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-instrumental-en-noun-6mWZzMM0 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (music) A composition written or performed without lyrics or singing, using a lead instrument to replace vocals. Categories (topical): Music Translations (composition without lyrics): инструментал [instrumental, masculine] (Bulgarian), 器樂 (Chinese Cantonese), 器乐 (hei³ ngok⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 器樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 器乐 (qìyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), instrumentálka [feminine] (Czech), instrumentaal (Dutch), instrumentaali (Finnish), instrumentaalikappale (Finnish), soitinsävellys (Finnish), instrumentale [feminine] (French), musique instrumentale [feminine] (French), インストゥルメンタル (insuturumentaru) (Japanese), インスト (insuto) (Japanese), 器楽曲 (kigakukyoku) (Japanese), 기악 (giak) (Korean), instrumental [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-instrumental-en-noun-cFCTsepv Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'composition without lyrics': 8 92

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Few songwriters have been as instrumental in creating the mold for American music.",
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          "ref": "2020 July 29, Ian Prosser discusses with Paul Stephen, “Rail needs robust and strategic plans”, in Rail, page 40:",
          "text": "[...] Prosser was instrumental in the decision in 2010 to recommence publication of an annual health and safety report, following a period when it had fallen into abeyance.",
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          "sense": "of musical instrument",
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          "sense": "of musical instrument",
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          "sense": "of musical instrument",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "of musical instrument",
          "word": "instrumental"
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          "sense": "of musical instrument",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English instrumental, instrumentale, from Medieval Latin īnstrūmentālis, equivalent to instrument + -al.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "instrumentals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "instrumental (plural instrumentals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The instrumental case."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "instrumental case",
          "instrumental case"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) The instrumental case."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977, Stereo Review, volume 38, page 70:",
          "text": "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 […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A composition written or performed without lyrics or singing, using a lead instrument to replace vocals."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "composition",
          "composition"
        ],
        [
          "lyrics",
          "lyrics"
        ],
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A composition written or performed without lyrics or singing, using a lead instrument to replace vocals."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnstɹəˈmɛntəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnstɹʊˈmɛntəl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-instrumental.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/En-us-instrumental.ogg/En-us-instrumental.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/En-us-instrumental.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛntəl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "инструментал"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "word": "器樂"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "hei³ ngok⁶",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "word": "器乐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "word": "器樂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qìyuè",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "word": "器乐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "instrumentálka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "word": "instrumentaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "word": "instrumentaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "word": "instrumentaalikappale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "word": "soitinsävellys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "instrumentale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "musique instrumentale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "insuturumentaru",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "word": "インストゥルメンタル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "insuto",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "word": "インスト"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kigakukyoku",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "word": "器楽曲"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "giak",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "word": "기악"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "composition without lyrics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrumental"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "instrumental",
    "instrumental (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "instrumental"
}

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