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instrument
English
Etymology
From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin ?nstr?mentum (“an implement, tool”), suffix -mentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nst??m?nt/, /??nst??m?nt/
- Hyphenation: in?stru?ment
Noun
instrument (plural instruments)
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an effect.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- 1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada
- The bold are but the instruments o' the wise.
- 1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:instrument
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
instrument (third-person singular simple present instruments, present participle instrumenting, simple past and past participle instrumented)
- (transitive) To apply measuring devices.
- (transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
- To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
- a sonata instrumented for orchestra
Synonyms
- (to apply measuring devices): measure, supervise
- (to devise, conceive):
- (to perform on an instrument): play
- (to prepare for an instrument): arrange
Adjective
instrument (not comparable)
- (aviation) Flown by reference to an aircraft's cockpit-mounted flight instruments, rather than by using visual landmarks as a guide.
See also
- instrumental
Anagrams
- nutriments
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ?nstr?mentum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ins.t?u?ment/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ins.t?u?men/
Noun
instrument m (plural instruments)
- instrument (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
Related terms
- instrumental
- instrumentar
Further reading
- “instrument” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “instrument” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “instrument” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “instrument” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin ?nstr?mentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.stry?m?nt/
- Hyphenation: in?stru?ment
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
instrument n (plural instrumenten, diminutive instrumentje n)
- instrument
- (music) musical instrument
- Synonyms: muziekinstrument, speeltuig
Derived terms
French
Etymology
From Middle French instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin ?nstr?mentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s.t?y.m??/
Noun
instrument m (plural instruments)
- instrument (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
- instrument à cordes
- instrument à vent
- instrument de musique
Further reading
- “instrument” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Alternative forms
- jnstrument, ynstrument, instreument, enstrement
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French instrument, from Latin instr?mentum (“tool, device”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in?striu?m?nt/, /?instrum?nt/
Noun
instrument (plural instrumentes)
- A tool or device used for manipulation, especially for medical and scientific uses.
- A device used to produce music; a musical instrument.
- A piece of weaponry (such as a siege engine).
- A legal document, such as a contract, deed or will.
- The means by which one reaches an end or effect.
- A body part that performs a certain function; an organ.
- The human body as a whole
- One of the five senses.
Synonyms
- (music): organe; organum; simphane; symphonye
Related terms
- instrumental
Descendants
- English: instrument
References
- “instr??ment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
Middle French
Noun
instrument m (plural instrumens)
- (musical) instrument
- instrument (device, often mechanical)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
instrument n (definite singular instrumentet, indefinite plural instrument or instrumenter, definite plural instrumenta or instrumentene)
- an instrument
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
instrument n (definite singular instrumentet, indefinite plural instrument, definite plural instrumenta)
- an instrument
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
From Latin ?nstr?mentum ("an implement, tool").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in?stru.m?nt/
Noun
instrument m inan
- instrument
Declension
Derived terms
- instrumentalny
Further reading
- instrument in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French instrument, from Latin instrumentum.
Noun
instrument n (plural instrumente)
- instrument
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
instrument n
- an instrument (of music, for measurement, method, tool, or financial contract), a device
Declension
Related terms
- blåsinstrument
- instrumentalist
- instrumentbräda
- instrumentell
- instrumentera
- instrumentmakare
- instrumentpanel
- stråkinstrument
- stränginstrument
Zoogocho Zapotec
Alternative forms
- stroment
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish instrumento.
Noun
instrument
- musical instrument
References
- Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)?[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 236
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motor
English
Etymology
From Latin m?t? (“I set in motion”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?mo?t?/
- Hyphenation: mo?tor
- Rhymes: -??t?(?)
Noun
motor (plural motors)
- A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
- (colloquial) A motor car, or automobile.
- (figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
- Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
- (Christianity, archaic, poetic) The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
- (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
- Synonym: kicker
Alternative forms
- motour (obsolete)
Synonyms
- engine
Derived terms
Related terms
- motoric
Descendants
- ? Persian: ????? (môtar)
- ? Japanese: ???? (m?t?)
- ? Burmese: ???????? (mautau)
Translations
Adjective
motor (not comparable)
- (biology) Relating to the ability to move.
- Relating to motor cars.
- (nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).
Derived terms
- motor unit
- psychomotor
- sensorimotor
- supramotor
Translations
Verb
motor (third-person singular simple present motors, present participle motoring, simple past and past participle motored)
- (dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.
- On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.
- (transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.
- (informal) To move at a brisk pace.
- Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.
- (slang) To leave.
Translations
References
- Motor Neurons at Motor Units on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- motor at OneLook Dictionary Search
- motor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- morto
Afrikaans
Etymology
Borrowed from English motor, compare motor car, from Latin m?tor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m???.t?r/
Noun
motor (plural motors, diminutive motortjie)
- car, automobile
- engine, motor
Derived terms
- motorfiets
- vragmotor
- veteraanmotor
References
Asturian
Noun
motor m (plural motores)
- engine, motor (mechanical device)
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin motor.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /mo?to/
- (Central) IPA(key): /mu?tor/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /mo?to?/
- Rhymes: -o?
Adjective
motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motores) or motor (feminine motriu, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motrius)
- motor
Noun
motor m (plural motors)
- motor
Derived terms
- motorista
Further reading
- “motor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “motor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “motor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “motor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mo?tor
Etymology 1
From English motor, from Latin moto.
Noun
motor
- a motor; an engine
Etymology 2
Short for motorcycle.
Noun
motor
- a motorcycle
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:motor.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?motor/
- Rhymes: -otor
Noun
motor m inan
- engine, motor
Declension
Derived terms
- motokára
- motorka
- motorový
- motorista
- motoristický
- motorismus
- motorizovat
- motorizace
Related terms
- See motiv
Further reading
- motor in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- motor in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo?t?r/, [?mo?t??]
Noun
motor c (singular definite motoren, plural indefinite motorer)
- motor, engine
Inflection
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mo?t?r/, /?mo?t?r/
- Rhymes: -o?t?r, -o?t?r
- Hyphenation: mo?tor
Noun
motor m (plural motoren or motors, diminutive motortje n)
- engine (mechanical device)
- motorbike
- Synonyms: motorfiets, motorrijwiel
Derived terms
- benzinemotor
- buitenboordmotor
- crossmotor
- dieselmotor
- elektromotor
- hulpmotor
- middenmotor
- motoragent
- motorbende
- motorbrigade
- motorclub
- motorcoureur
- motorengel
- motorfiets
- motormuis
- motorrijder
- motorrijwiel
- motorvoertuig
- politiemotor
- straalmotor
- stuntmotor
Related terms
- motoriek
- motoriseren
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: motor
Hungarian
Etymology
From English motor or German Motor, from Latin m?tor, m?t? (“I set in motion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?motor]
- Hyphenation: mo?tor
- Rhymes: -or
Noun
motor (plural motorok)
- engine, motor (a machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion; the part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion)
- (figuratively) powerhouse (any source of power, energy or strength)
- motorbike, motorcycle (an open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels)
- Synonyms: motorbicikli, motorkerékpár
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- motor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch motor, from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” or "motorcycle", motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.
Noun
motor (first-person possessive motorku, second-person possessive motormu, third-person possessive motornya)
- engine
- Synonyms: enjin, mesin
- (informal) motorcycle
- Synonyms: honda, sepeda motor
- (figuratively) important person in organization.
Further reading
- “motor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo?tor/
Noun
motor (plural motores)
- motor
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?mo?.tor/, [?mo?t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?mo.tor/, [?m??t??r]
Noun
m?tor m (genitive m?t?ris); third declension
- mover; that which moves something
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Verb
m?tor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of m?t?
References
- motor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- motor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorer, definite plural motorene)
- engine, motor
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorar, definite plural motorane)
- engine, motor
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
From Latin m?tor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?.t?r/
Noun
motor m inan (diminutive motorek)
- (colloquial) motorcycle
- Synonym: motocykl
- engine
- Synonym: silnik
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) motorowy
Further reading
- motor in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- motor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From French moteur, from Latin motor.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.?to?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mo.?to?/
Adjective
motor m (feminine singular motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras, comparable)
- motive
Noun
motor m (plural motores)
- motor
- engine
Romanian
Etymology
From French moteur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo?tor/
Noun
motor n (plural motoare)
- engine
Declension
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin motor.
Noun
mòt?r m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- engine, motor
- (colloquial) motorcycle
Declension
Derived terms
- mòt?rn?
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mó?t?r/
Noun
m??tor m inan
- engine
Inflection
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin motor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo?to?/, [mo?t?o?]
Adjective
motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)
- moving
Derived terms
- automotor
- oculomotor
Noun
motor m (plural motores)
- motor (mechanical device)
- (mechanics) engine
- (figuratively) driving force, driver, mover
- (figuratively) powerhouse
- (computing) backend, back end
Hyponyms
- motor principal (“prime mover”)
Derived terms
- calentar motores
- de motor (“power-driven”)
- motorismo
- motorista
Further reading
- “motor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
motor c
- engine, motor
Declension
Derived terms
Anagrams
- morot
Turkish
Etymology
- Ultimately from Latin m?tor m (“mover”), probably through English motor.
Noun
motor (definite accusative motoru, plural motorlar)
- engine (mechanical device)
Declension
Venetian
Etymology
Compare Italian motore
Noun
motor m (plural motori) or motor m (plural moturi)
- motor, engine
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