instrument

Significado (inglés)

Noun

1. A device used to produce music.
2. A means or agency for achieving an effect.
3. A measuring or displaying device.
4. A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
5. A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
6. A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
7. A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.

Verb

1. To apply measuring devices.
2. To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
3. To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.

Guionizado como

in‧stru‧ment

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”),
From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum.