Phrase guide

wind instrument

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any musical instrument that produces sound when air flows through it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: woodwind instrument, brass instrument

2

noun

Meaning 2

a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wind

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: musical instrument, instrument

Narrower terms: brass, brass instrument, free-reed instrument, kazoo, ocarina, sweet potato, organ, pipe organ, organ pipe, pipe, pipework, post horn, whistle, woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: آلَةِ الْفَم (ʔālati l-fam) — type of musical instrument
  • Armenian: փողային նվագարան (pʻoġayin nvagaran) — type of musical instrument
  • Asturian: instrumentu de vientu — type of musical instrument
  • Azerbaijan: nəfəsli alət — type of musical instrument
  • Basque: haize instrumentu — type of musical instrument
  • Belarusian: духавы́ інструме́нт (duxavý instrumjént) — type of musical instrument
  • Bulgarian: ду́хов инструме́нт (dúhov instrumént) — type of musical instrument
  • Catalan: instrument de vent — type of musical instrument
  • Catalan: instrument aeròfon — type of musical instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 管樂器 /管乐器 (guǎnyuèqì) — type of musical instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吹奏樂器 /吹奏乐器 (chuīzòu yuèqì) — type of musical instrument
  • Czech: dechový nástroj — type of musical instrument
  • Danish: blæseinstrument — type of musical instrument
  • Dutch: blaasinstrument — type of musical instrument
  • Esperanto: blovinstrumento — type of musical instrument
  • Finnish: puhallin — type of musical instrument
  • Finnish: puhallinsoitin — type of musical instrument
  • Finnish: puhallussoitin — type of musical instrument
  • French: instrument à vent — type of musical instrument
  • Galician: instrumento de vento — type of musical instrument
  • Georgian: ჩასაბერი საკრავი (časaberi saḳravi) — type of musical instrument
  • Georgian: ჩასაბერი ინსტრუმენტი (časaberi insṭrumenṭi) — type of musical instrument
  • German: Blasinstrument — type of musical instrument
  • Greek: πνευστό όργανο (pnefstó órgano) — type of musical instrument
  • Greek: πνευστό (pnefstó) — type of musical instrument
  • Hebrew: כְּלִי נְשִׁיפָה (k'li n'shifá) — type of musical instrument
  • Hungarian: fúvós hangszer — type of musical instrument
  • Icelandic: blásturshljóðfæri — type of musical instrument
  • Indonesian: alat musik tiup — type of musical instrument
  • Italian: strumento ad ancia — type of musical instrument
  • Japanese: 管楽器 (kangakki) — type of musical instrument
  • Korean: 관악기 (gwanakgi) — type of musical instrument
  • Macedonian: дувачки инструме́нт (duvački instrumént) — type of musical instrument
  • Navajo: dilní — type of musical instrument
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blåseinstrument — type of musical instrument
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blåseinstrument — type of musical instrument
  • Polish: instrument dęty — type of musical instrument
  • Portuguese: instrumento de sopro — type of musical instrument
  • Portuguese: instrumento de vento — type of musical instrument
  • Romanian: instrument de suflat — type of musical instrument
  • Russian: духово́й инструме́нт (duxovój instrumént) — type of musical instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: дувачки инструмент — type of musical instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: duvački instrument — type of musical instrument
  • Slovak: dychový nástroj — type of musical instrument
  • Spanish: instrumento de viento — type of musical instrument
  • Spanish: aerófono — type of musical instrument
  • Swedish: blåsinstrument — type of musical instrument
  • Tagalog: ihipang panugtog — type of musical instrument
  • Turkish: üflemeli çalgı — type of musical instrument
  • Ukrainian: духови́й інструме́нт (duxovýj instrumént) — type of musical instrument
  • Welsh: offeryn chwyth — type of musical instrument