tromba

See also: tromba-

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

tromba f (plural trombes)

  1. whirlwind, waterspout
  2. tornado

Further reading

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾomba/ [ˈt̪ɾom.bɐ]
  • Rhymes: -omba
  • Hyphenation: trom‧ba

Noun

tromba f (plural trombas)

  1. thunderstorm
    Synonyms: torboada, torbón, treboada

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)
    • Turkish: tulumba
    • Albanian: tullumbë
    • Arabic: طُلُمْبَة (ṭulumba)
    • Armenian: թուլումպա (tʻulumpa)
    • Azerbaijani: tulumba (archaic)
    • Georgian: თულუმბა (tulumba) Chveneburi
    • Persian: تلمبه (tolomba)
    • Romanian: tulumbă

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

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrumba/

Noun

tromba f (plural trombe)

  1. trumpet

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾõ.bɐ/

  • Rhymes: (most dialects) -õbɐ, (Southern Brazil) -õba
  • Hyphenation: trom‧ba

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-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

Borrowed from Italian tromba (trumpet).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tromba f (plural trombas)

  1. whirlwind, tornado
    Synonym: torbellino
  2. waterspout
    Synonym: tifón

Derived terms

Further reading

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old French trompette.

Noun

tromba f

  1. trumpet
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