instrumentaire
French, adjective/ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
instrumentaire is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T-A-I-R-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instrumentaire is a French adjective meaning “instrumentary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie le témoin qui assiste un notaire ou quelque autre officier public dans les actes pour la validité…”.
What does instrumentaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
instrumentary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie le témoin qui assiste un notaire ou quelque autre officier public dans les actes pour la validité desquels la présence de témoins est nécessaire. 2. Qualifie un officier de marine qui remplit les fonctions d'officier de l'état civil.
noun: 1. Personne qui joue d'un instrument de musique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of instrumentaire
- instrumentaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instrumentaire?
- /ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
- \ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is instrumentaire in French?
instrumentaire appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).