"instrumental" meaning in French

See instrumental in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃.tal/ Audio: Instrumental-FR.ogg Forms: instrumentale [feminine], instrumentaux [masculine, plural], instrumentales [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin īnstrūmentālis. By surface analysis, instrument + -al. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|LL.|īnstrūmentālis}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin īnstrūmentālis, {{surface analysis|fr|instrument|-al}} By surface analysis, instrument + -al Head templates: {{fr-adj}} instrumental (feminine instrumentale, masculine plural instrumentaux, feminine plural instrumentales)
  1. instrumental Derived forms: instrumentaliser
    Sense id: en-instrumental-fr-adj-MlKO0iRP

Noun

IPA: /ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃.tal/ Audio: Instrumental-FR.ogg Forms: instrumentaux [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin īnstrūmentālis. By surface analysis, instrument + -al. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|LL.|īnstrūmentālis}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin īnstrūmentālis, {{surface analysis|fr|instrument|-al}} By surface analysis, instrument + -al Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} instrumental m (plural instrumentaux)
  1. (grammar) instrumental case, instrumental Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-instrumental-fr-noun-lVYHS6ft Categories (other): Grammar, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -al, Grammatical cases Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -al: 0 100 Disambiguation of Grammatical cases: 5 95 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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