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trombone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /tɹəmˈbəʊn/ (UK)
• /ˌtɹɑmˈboʊn/ (US)
• /ˌtɹɒmˈbəʊn/ (UK)
• /tɹəmˈboʊn/ (US)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trombone, from tromba (“trumpet”) + -one (augmentative), literally “large trumpet”. The telecommunications sense alludes to the shape of the musical instrument.

Meanings

1. A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).
   • Jim plays the trombone very well.
   • This trombone is very expensive.
   • Horns, trumpets, and trombones, both soloistically and sectionally, became central to the orchestral concept... His highly subtle orchestration elevates woodwinds, more often scored soloistically than sectionally. 2003, Don Michael Randel, The Harvard Dictionary of Music, page 598:
   • Using the “endangered species” model employed by the World Wide Fund for Nature, campaigners are highlighting the scarcity of bassoonists and paving the way for the promotion of some other orchestral instruments that are under threat, such as the oboe, French horn, viola, trombone and double bass. 2015 August 1, Vanessa Thorpe, “Musicians launch campaign to save the bassoon as shortage threatens orchestra”, in The Guardian:
2. The common European bittern.
3. A kind of extendable support for attaching lighting elements to a set.
   • The two secondary controls are the trombone handle and the focus knob. 2013, Harry Box, Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, page 480:
   • The trombone […] permits an instrument to be positioned over a studio set wall, enabling the set wall to support the weight of the instrument. 1983, Alan Wurtzel, Television Production, page 131:

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Deriveds

rusty trombone (Compound words) · superbone · bass trombone (Compound words) · tenor trombone (Compound words) · double trombone (Compound words) · trombonist · slide trombone (Compound words) · sad trombone (Compound words) · alto trombone (Compound words) · valve trombone (Compound words) · tromboner · drumbone · tromboney · trombone-player (Compound words) · valide trombone (Compound words) · tromboning

Translations (84)

el τρομπόνι (a musical instrument in the brass family) · lv bazūne (a musical instrument in the brass family) · qu trumpun (a musical instrument in the brass family) · hu pozan (a musical instrument in the brass family) · sk trombón (a musical instrument in the brass family) · he טרומבון (a musical instrument in the brass family) · ko 트롬본 (a musical instrument in the brass family) · be трамбо́н (a musical instrument in the brass family) · cs pozoun (a musical instrument in the brass family) · fo basún (a musical instrument in the brass family) · mi pūhōkai (a musical instrument in the brass family) · fr trombone (a musical instrument in the brass family) · fo basúna (a musical instrument in the brass family) · fi pasuuna (a musical instrument in the brass family) · gd trombon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · mk тромбон (a musical instrument in the brass family) · et tromboon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · it trombone (a musical instrument in the brass family) · stq Posaune (a musical instrument in the brass family) · id trombon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · ca trombó (a musical instrument in the brass family) · ar مُتَرَدِّدَة (a musical instrument in the brass family) · lb Trombonn (a musical instrument in the brass family) · ar تْرُومْبُون (a musical instrument in the brass family) · lt trombonas (a musical instrument in the brass family) · cmn 長號 /长号 (a musical instrument in the brass family) · my ထရွမ်းဗုန်း (a musical instrument in the brass family) · mel trombon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · ja トロンボーン (a musical instrument in the brass family) · pl puzon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · csb puzon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · sv trombon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · lb Posaun (a musical instrument in the brass family) · hy տրոմբոն (a musical instrument in the brass family) · ga trombón (a musical instrument in the brass family) · nb trombone (a musical instrument in the brass family) · kbp kɩgbɩtɩnaʋ (a musical instrument in the brass family) · mr ट्रॉम्बोन (a musical instrument in the brass family) · cy trombôn (a musical instrument in the brass family) · sl pozavna (a musical instrument in the brass family) · tl trombon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · fi vetopasuuna (a musical instrument in the brass family) · gl trombón (a musical instrument in the brass family) · ro trombon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · bg тромбо́н (a musical instrument in the brass family) · nl trombone (a musical instrument in the brass family) · jv trombon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · haw pū puhi uai (a musical instrument in the brass family) · oc trombon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · ms trombon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · sh trombon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · lb Trombone (a musical instrument in the brass family) · sh тромбон (a musical instrument in the brass family) · th ทรอมโบน (a musical instrument in the brass family) · de Posaune (a musical instrument in the brass family) · mi pūkumekume (a musical instrument in the brass family) · ka ტრომბონი (a musical instrument in the brass family) · ml ട്രോംബോൺ (a musical instrument in the brass family) · lv trombons (a musical instrument in the brass family) · fy tromboane (a musical instrument in the brass family) · ru тромбо́н (a musical instrument in the brass family) · pdt Posaun (a musical instrument in the brass family) · es trombón (a musical instrument in the brass family) · uk тромбо́н (a musical instrument in the brass family) · kk тромбон (a musical instrument in the brass family) · hu pozaun (a musical instrument in the brass family) · chr ᎦᎾᏙᏅᎩᏍᏗ (a musical instrument in the brass family) · hu puzón (a musical instrument in the brass family) · eo trombono (a musical instrument in the brass family) · sw tromboni (a musical instrument in the brass family) · eu tronboi (a musical instrument in the brass family) · chr ᎦᏅᏌᏁᏍᏗ ᏗᏤᎷᎩᏍᏗ (a musical instrument in the brass family) · af tromboon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · tr trombon (a musical instrument in the brass family) · da basun (a musical instrument in the brass family) · ta துரம்போன் (a musical instrument in the brass family) · fa ترومبون (a musical instrument in the brass family) · is básúna (a musical instrument in the brass family) · pt trombone (a musical instrument in the brass family) · nn trombone (a musical instrument in the brass family) · cs trombón (a musical instrument in the brass family) · sk pozauna (a musical instrument in the brass family) · io trombono (a musical instrument in the brass family) · hu harsona (a musical instrument in the brass family)

trombone en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /tɹəmˈbəʊn/ (UK)
• /ˌtɹɑmˈboʊn/ (US)
• /ˌtɹɒmˈbəʊn/ (UK)
• /tɹəmˈboʊn/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trombone, from tromba (“trumpet”) + -one (augmentative), literally “large trumpet”. The telecommunications sense alludes to the shape of the musical instrument.

Meanings

1. To transmit a signal or data back to a central switching point before sending it out to its destination.
2. (slang, transitive) To extend and retract (the zoom lens); to use it too enthusiastically.
   • […] do things wrong (like rotating the lens turret while shooting or backwinding and doing multiple passes on the same strip of film or doing in-camera fades with the variable shutter or tromboning a zoom lens like a teenager on acid, etc., etc., etc.) […] 2015, Kathryn Ramey, Experimental Filmmaking: Break the Machine, page 357:
   • He recalls (email to editor, 2 December 2012) that Durgnat 'shouted out' in response to his 'tromboning' the zoom-lens at the film's 1967 London Film Festival screening: […] 2014, Henry K. Miller, The Essential Raymond Durgnat, page 71:

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