instructi-f, -ve, adj., instructive.

instruction, n.f., instruction; education; information, attainments; lesson; direction; (jur.) inquiry, examination. Avoir de l’—; to be well educated. —s détaillées; particular instructions. Sans —; untaught, uneducated. Donner des —s; to give directions. Juge d’—; examining magistrate.

instruire (instruisant, instruit), v.a., to instruct, to teach, to inform, to apprise, to acquaint; to train; (jur.) to investigate, to examine, to proceed.

s’instruire, v.r., to instruct, to inform, to improve, one’s self; (jur.) to form the subject of an inquiry, to be under examination, to be heard (of a case).

instruisable, adj., (l.u.) teachable.

instruit, -e, part., instructed; informed; learned, well informed, aware.

instrument, n.m., instrument, document; implement, tool; underling. — tranchant; edge-tool. —s aratoires; agricultural implements. Servir d’—; to be instrumental (in).

instrumentaire, adj., (jur.) required by law. Témoin —; witness (required by law) to a deed.

instrumental, -e, adj., instrumental.

instrumentation, n.f., (mus.) instrumentation.