tromba

See also: tromba-

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

tromba f (plural trombes)

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Galician

Noun

tromba f (plural trombas)

  1. thunderstorm

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Further reading


Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrom.ba/
  • Rhymes: -omba
  • Hyphenation: tróm‧ba

Etymology 1

From a Germanic source (Frankish *trumba, Old High German trumpa, Old Norse trumba), all imitative.

Noun

tromba f (plural trombe)

  1. trumpet
  2. horn
  3. (military) bugler
  4. well (in a building)
  5. shaft
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle French: trombe
  • Spanish: tromba
  • Ottoman Turkish: طولومبه (tulumba), طولمبه (tulumba), طلومبه (tulumba), طلمبه (tulumba), تلومبه (tulumba), تلومبا (tulumba), طلومبا (tulumba), طولومبا (tulumba)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tromba

  1. third-person singular present indicative of trombare

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tromba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɔm.ba/

Noun

tromba f (plural trombi or tronob)

  1. binoculars
  2. trumpet
  • trombetta (trumbetta)
  • trombettier (trumbettier)
  • trombjatura
  • trombun (trumbettun)
  • ttrombjar
  • ttrumbetta (ttrumbettja)

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrumba/

Noun

tromba f (plural trombe)

  1. trumpet

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾõ.bɐ/

  • Hyphenation: trom‧ba

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese tromba, trompa, from Frankish *trumpa, from an imitative Germanic word.

Noun

tromba f (plural trombas)

  1. trunk (extended nasal organ of an elephant)
  2. (colloquial, by extension) face
  3. (colloquial) a sullen facial expression
    estar de trombasto be in a bad mood
  4. stinger (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid)
  5. Clipping of tromba d'água (waterspout).
  6. (obsolete) a trumpet or bugle
Synonyms

Verb

tromba

  1. inflection of trombar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian tromba (trumpet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾomba/ [ˈt̪ɾõm.ba]
  • Rhymes: -omba
  • Syllabification: trom‧ba

Noun

tromba f (plural trombas)

  1. whirlwind, tornado
  2. waterspout

Derived terms

Further reading


Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old French trompette.

Noun

tromba f

  1. trumpet
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