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musical instrument

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

musical instrument: a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
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Noun

musical instrument (plural musical instruments)

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

musical instrument meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

musical instrument in Hindi

a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
वाद्य vādya, बाजा bājā, साज़ sāz, संगीत वाद्य saṅgīt vādya, वाद्ययंत्र vādyayantra

musical instrument in Tamil

a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
இசை கருவி icai karuvi

musical instrument in Urdu

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

musical instrument in Bengali

a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds
বাদ্যযন্ত্র baddojontro
More languagesFewer languages
musical instrument in Telugu
సంగీత వాయిద్యం saṅgīta vāyidyaṁ
musical instrument in Malayalam
വാദ്യം vādyaṁ
musical instrument in Kannada
ಸಂಗೀತ ವಾದ್ಯ saṅgīta vādya
musical instrument in Gujarati
વાજિંત્ર vājintra, વાદ્ય vādya, સાધન sādhan
musical instrument in Sanskrit
वाद्य vā́dya, तूर्य tūrya, गोधा godhā́, भाण्ड bhāṇḍa
musical instrument in Nepali
बाजा bāzā
musical instrument in Tagalog
panugtog, instrumento
musical instrument in Arabic
آلَة مُوسِيقِيَّة ʔāla mūsīqiyya
musical instrument in Malay
alat muzik
musical instrument in Indonesian
alat musik
musical instrument in Thai
เครื่องดนตรี krʉ̂ʉang-don-dtrii
musical instrument in Vietnamese
nhạc cụ, nhạc khí
musical instrument in Myanmar
တူရိယာ turi.ya

Synonyms of musical instrument

Forms of musical instrument

pluralmusical instruments

Origin of musical instrument

From Middle English musical instrumentis pl, musicalle instrumentes pl.

Questions about musical instrument

What does musical instrument mean?
Musical instrument means a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds.
What is musical instrument in Hindi?
Musical instrument in Hindi is वाद्य (vādya), बाजा (bājā), साज़ (sāz). See Musical instrument meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is musical instrument?
Musical instrument is a noun.
What is the plural of musical instrument?
The plural of musical instrument is musical instruments.

Words near musical instrument in the dictionary

  1. musical comedy
  2. musical ear syndrome
  3. musical film
  4. musical films
  5. musical glasses
  6. musical instrument
  7. musical instruments
  8. musical interval
  9. musical intervals
  10. musical notation
  11. musical notations

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: musical instrument (page history and authors); गोधा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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