trumpet en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈtɹʌmpɪt/
Etymology
From Middle English trumpet, trumpette, trompette (“trumpet”), from Old French trompette (“trumpet”), diminutive of trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa, *trumba (“trumpet”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”), Old Norse trumba (“pipe; trumpet”). More at drum. Displaced native English beme, from Middle English beme, from Old English bīeme.
Meanings
-
A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.
In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new sounds which mix with those which are coming in.
1820, Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 6th edition, volume 20, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, page 501:
-
Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.
Next day, he sent a trumpet to the general, with a detail of my misfortune, in hopes of retrieving what I had lost […].
1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.
-
The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.
The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.
-
(figuratively) One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times […] to be the trumpet of his praises.
1700, [John] Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:I will the banner from a trumpet take
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
-
A kind of traffic interchange involving at least one loop ramp connecting traffic either entering or leaving the terminating expressway with the far lanes of the continuous highway.
The result of adopting the latter principle would be that even unimportant T-junctions would be in the form of trumpets or half-cloverleaf junctions.
1974, O.T.A., Proceedings, page 4:
- A powerful reed stop in organs, having a trumpet-like sound.
- Any of various flowering plants with trumpet-shaped flowers, for example, of the genus Collomia.
- (US, capitalized, often, slang) A supporter of Donald Trump, especially a fervent one.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| trumpets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
trumpet shell · trumpet-tailed rat · stadium trumpet · devil's trumpet · trumpet honeysuckle · trumpetlike · trumpet of the dead · trumpetwood · trumpet vine · pocket trumpet · hearing trumpet · blow one's own trumpet · trumpet-player · trumpeteer · trumpeter · trumpet call · trumpet tree · ear trumpet · trumpet creeper · king trumpet mushroom · trumpet animalcule · trumpet marine · trumpetless · mock trumpet · blow someone's trumpet · black trumpet · spirit trumpet · trumpet cuff · trumpet flower · trumpetbush · trumpetfish · Bach trumpet · last trumpet · natural trumpet · angel's trumpet · Chinese trumpet vine · trumpet major · trumpet-tongued · straight trumpet · trumpety · betrumpet · trumpetry · Donald Trumpet · trumpophone · speaking trumpet · sea trumpet · marine trumpet · slide trumpet · trumpetist · trumpetweed · flumpet
Hyponyms
natural trumpet (musical instrument) · straight trumpet (musical instrument)
Meronyms
codon (musical instrument, opening) · mouth (musical instrument, opening) · bell (musical instrument, opening)
Synonyms
cornet (musical instrument) · flugelhorn (musical instrument) · beme (musical instrument)
Translations (145)
hy շեփոր (brass instrument) · ml ട്രംപറ്റ് (brass instrument) · fi trumpetti (brass instrument) · el σάλπισμα (elephant noise) · ja パオ〜ン！ (elephant noise) · arz نفير (brass instrument) · ka საყვირი (brass instrument) · oj boodaajigan (brass instrument) · ang bīeme (brass instrument) · ka ბუკი (brass instrument) · bg тромпетист (musician playing a trumpet) · de Trompete (brass instrument) · kn ತುತ್ತೂರಿ (brass instrument) · es trompeta (brass instrument) · ru рев (elephant noise) · hi भोंपू (brass instrument) · mi tētere (brass instrument) · te ట్రంపెట్ (brass instrument) · gl trompeta (musician playing a trumpet) · ru труба́ (brass instrument) · haw pū pihi (brass instrument) · ota بوق (brass instrument) · ja 喇叭 (brass instrument) · tr trompet (brass instrument) · da trompetist (musician playing a trumpet) · scn trumma (brass instrument) · am ጥሩምባ (brass instrument) · yi טרומפּייט (brass instrument) · mt tromba (brass instrument) · mn бүрээ (brass instrument) · nb trompet (brass instrument) · grc σάλπιγξ (brass instrument) · eu tronpeta (brass instrument) · gl anafil (brass instrument) · ti ጥሩምባ (brass instrument) · cs troubení (elephant noise) · it tromba (musician playing a trumpet) · am ትራምፔት (brass instrument) · fro trompette (brass instrument) · cy utgorn (brass instrument) · fr trompette (brass instrument) · km ត្រែ (brass instrument) · es barrito (elephant noise) · nrf trompette (brass instrument) · pl trębacz (musician playing a trumpet) · ar بُوق (brass instrument) · uz truba (brass instrument) · oc trompeta (brass instrument) · bg тромпет (brass instrument) · bua бүреэ (brass instrument) · la trumpeta (brass instrument) · cs trumpetista (musician playing a trumpet) · nv dilní heeneezgo náhineestsʼeeʼígíí (brass instrument) · fr barrissement (elephant noise) · bo འཁྱིལ་ཆུང་། (brass instrument) · hu trombita (brass instrument) · sw tarumbeta (brass instrument) · uk труба (brass instrument) · pt barrido (elephant noise) · lv trompete (brass instrument) · mk труба (brass instrument) · mn ᠪᠦᠷᠢᠶᠡ (brass instrument) · yi טרומייט (brass instrument) · sh trúba (brass instrument) · mg trompetra (brass instrument) · is trompet (brass instrument) · nl trompet (brass instrument) · it tromba (brass instrument) · no trompetist (musician playing a trumpet) · ga trumpa (brass instrument) · ga stoc (brass instrument) · ga géim (elephant noise) · ro trompetă (brass instrument) · sq borizan (musician playing a trumpet) · sv trumpet (brass instrument) · mi pūawanui (brass instrument) · pt trompetista (musician playing a trumpet) · it barrito (elephant noise) · ain ラッパ (brass instrument) · pl trąbienie (elephant noise) · mel terupit (brass instrument) · sh тру́ба (brass instrument) · am ጥሩንባ (brass instrument) · ko 트럼펫 (brass instrument) · bg рев на слон (elephant noise) · my တံပိုး (brass instrument) · id trompet (brass instrument) · gl trompetista (musician playing a trumpet) · he חֲצוֹצְרָה (brass instrument) · mh robba (brass instrument) · cmn 喇叭 (brass instrument) · ja トランペット (brass instrument) · te ఘీంకారం (elephant noise) · got 𐌸𐌿𐍄𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (brass instrument) · it trombettista (musician playing a trumpet) · hi तुरही (brass instrument) · csb trąbka (brass instrument) · mi pūkāea (brass instrument) · ca trompeta (brass instrument) · br trompilh (brass instrument) · fr trompettiste (musician playing a trumpet) · pt barrito (elephant noise) · cmn 小號 /小号 (brass instrument) · la salpinx (brass instrument) · da trompet (brass instrument) · vi kèn (brass instrument) · sa बकुर (brass instrument) · sq feçkë (elephant noise) · el σάλπιγγα (brass instrument) · hy շեփորահար (musician playing a trumpet) · eo trumpeto (brass instrument) · el τρομπέτα (brass instrument) · es berrido (elephant noise) · gl trompeta (brass instrument) · ast trompeta (brass instrument) · sq bori (brass instrument) · alt тӱндӱк (brass instrument) · sa गोविषाणिक (brass instrument) · el τρομπέτα (musician playing a trumpet) · el τρομπετίστας (musician playing a trumpet) · ta ஊதுகொம்பு (brass instrument) · pl trąbka (brass instrument) · la buccina (brass instrument) · sl trobenta (brass instrument) · nn trompet (brass instrument) · mh ri-robba (musician playing a trumpet) · sk trúba (brass instrument) · el σαλπιγκτής (musician playing a trumpet) · am መለከት (brass instrument) · mi pūtahoro (brass instrument) · bn ভেরী (brass instrument) · fi trumpettija (musician playing a trumpet) · cs trubka (brass instrument) · lt trimitas (brass instrument) · fa ترومپت (brass instrument) · hi भोपा (brass instrument) · gd trompaid (brass instrument) · pt trompete (brass instrument) · pt trombeta (brass instrument) · da trompetstød (elephant noise) · ms trompet (brass instrument) · cs trumpeta (brass instrument) · ru труба́ч (musician playing a trumpet) · th ทรัมเป็ต (brass instrument) · no trompetstøt (elephant noise)