musical instrument

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musical instrument

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From Middle English musical instrumentis pl, musicalle instrumentes pl.

noun musical instruments

  1. A device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds.

    Similar: instrument, musical instrument

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noun a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds

Españolinstrumento musical
한국어악기 akgi
日本語楽器 gakki
中文樂器 /乐器 yuèqì
हिन्दीवाद्य vādya, बाजा bājā, साज़ sāz, संगीत वाद्य saṅgīt vādya, वाद्ययंत्र vādyayantra
Kiswahiliala ya muziki
Portuguêsinstrumento musical
Françaisinstrument de musique
DeutschMusikinstrument
Italianostrumento musicale
Ελληνικάμουσικό όργανο mousikó órgano
Românăinstrument muzical
Русскиймузыка́льный инструме́нт muzykálʹnyj instrumént
Tiếng Việtnhạc cụ, nhạc khí
العربيةآلَة مُوسِيقِيَّة ʔāla mūsīqiyya
עבריתכְּלִי נְגִינָה kli n'giná

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@misc{musical_instrument_2026,
  title = {musical instrument},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/musical%20instrument},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}