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Trumpet

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Noun

trumpet (plural trumpets)

  1. A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat. Synonym: cornet.

Translations

  • Croatian: truba f
  • Czech: trumpeta f
  • Danish: trompet m
  • Dutch: trompet f
  • Esperanto: trumpeto
  • Finnish: torvi , vaskitorvi
  • French: trompette f
  • German: Trompete f
  • Hebrew: חֲצוֹצְרָה f
  • Hungarian: kürt
  • Indonesian: terompet
  • Irish: trumpa m
  • Italian: tromba f
  • Japanese: トランペット (torampetto)
  • Latin: buccina , trumpeta
  • Norwegian: trompet m
  • Portuguese: trombeta
  • Romanian: trompeta˘ f (correct? or should accent be over the a?)
  • Slovak: trúba f
  • Spanish: trompeta f
  • Swedish: trumpet
  • Turkish: trampet

Verb

to trumpet

  1. To shout forth or amplify a sound.
  2. To play the trumpet.
  3. Of an elephant, to make its cry.

Translations

  • French: jouer de la trompette (2), trompeter (2 - archaic); baréter (3), barrir (3)
  • Indonesian: meneriakkan , menyerukan
  • Italian: suonare la tromba (2); barrire (3)
  • Japanese: 吼える (ほえる , hoeru)
  • Latin: classicare (2)
  • Spanish: trompetar , tocar a la trompeta
  • Swedish: trumpeta (1,3), spela trumpet (2)

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