trumpet
/ˈtɹʌmpɪt/
trumpet noun: 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.
Noun (1)
trumpet (plural trumpets)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- beme, cornet, flugelhorn
- Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.
- The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.
- 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 cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.
- The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.
- One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
- I will the banner from a trumpet take1599 (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...
- 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
- 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.
- A supporter of Donald Trump, especially a fervent one.
Verb
trumpet (third-person singular simple present trumpets, present participle trumpeting, simple past and past participle trumpeted)
- To sound loudly, be amplified
- The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears.
- To play the trumpet.
- Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.
- Of an elephant, to make its cry.
- The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet.
- The other, standing nearly head-on toward the hunters, had not proved so good a mark, and though every spear struck not one entered the great heart. For a moment the huge bull stood trumpeting in rage and pain, casting about with its little eyes for the author of its hurt.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 132
- To give a loud cry like that of an elephant.
- The bird trumpeted a second time. Dinah listened to the echo die around her.2017, Gerhard Gehrke, Nineveh's Child
- To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically
- Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment.
- They did nothing but publish and trumpet all the reproaches they could devise against the Irish.a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount...
Noun (2) capitalized: Trumpet
Trumpet (plural Trumpets)
trumpet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
trumpet in Hindi
- brass instrument
- तुरही turhī, भोंपू bhõpū, भोपा bhopā
trumpet in Tamil
- brass instrument
- ஊதுகொம்பு ūtukompu
trumpet in Urdu
- صور, چنگھاڑنا, نقادی کرنا, صور پھونکنا, ساز بجانا
trumpet in Bengali
- brass instrument
- ভেরী bheri
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- trumpet in Telugu
- ట్రంపెట్ ṭrampeṭ, ఘీంకారం ghīṅkāraṁ
- trumpet in Malayalam
- ട്രംപറ്റ് ṭrampaṟṟŭ
- trumpet in Kannada
- ತುತ್ತೂರಿ tuttūri
- trumpet in Punjabi
- ਟਰੰਪੇਟ, ਟਰੰਪੈਟ
- trumpet in Gujarati
- રણશિંગું raṇśiṅgũ
- trumpet in Sanskrit
- बकुर bakura, गोविषाणिक goviṣāṇika
- trumpet in Arabic
- بُوق būq
- trumpet in Malay
- trompet
- trumpet in Indonesian
- trompet
- trumpet in Persian
- ترومپت
- trumpet in Thai
- ทรัมเป็ต tram-bpèt
- trumpet in Vietnamese
- kèn
- trumpet in Myanmar
- တံပိုး tampui:
Examples of trumpet in a sentence
- One Sings, the Other Doesn't trumpets a gladsome triumph for feminists who have awaited the advent of unflinching women in film.1977 December 31, Sara Annie Fisher, “Film Shows Women Victimized And Victorious”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 9:
- An anniversary summit in Washington in July is sure to trumpet a nearly eight-decade record of success.2024 April 2, Howard LaFranchi, Anna Mulrine Grobe, “NATO has united the West for 75 years. Here’s why it still matters.”, in The Christian...
Synonyms of trumpet
Forms of trumpet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | trumpets |
| plural | Trumpets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | trumpets |
| present participle | trumpeting |
| past participle | trumpeted |
| past | trumpeted |
Origin of trumpet
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.
Blend of Trump + trumpet. Named after American celebrity, businessman, politician and President Donald Trump
Words formed from trumpet
- angel's trumpet
- Bach trumpet
- betrumpet
- black trumpet
- blow one's own trumpet
- blow someone's trumpet
- Chinese trumpet vine
- devil's trumpet
- Donald Trumpet
- ear trumpet
- flumpet
- hearing trumpet
- king trumpet mushroom
- last trumpet
- marine trumpet
- mock trumpet
- natural trumpet
- pocket trumpet
- sea trumpet
- slide trumpet
- speaking trumpet
- spirit trumpet
- stadium trumpet
- straight trumpet
- trumpet animalcule
- trumpetbush
- trumpet call
- trumpet creeper
- trumpet cuff
- trumpeteer
- trumpeter
- trumpetist
- trumpetfish
- trumpet flower
- trumpet honeysuckle
- trumpetless
- trumpetlike
- trumpet major
- trumpet marine
- trumpet of the dead
- trumpet-player
- trumpetry
- trumpet shell
- trumpet-tailed rat
- trumpet-tongued
- trumpet tree
- trumpet vine
- trumpetweed
- trumpetwood
- trumpety
- trumpophone
- untrumpeted
Phrases with trumpet
Words that rhyme with trumpet
Questions about trumpet
- What does trumpet mean?
- Trumpet means 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.
- What is trumpet in Hindi?
- Trumpet in Hindi is तुरही (turhī), भोंपू (bhõpū), भोपा (bhopā). See Trumpet meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use trumpet in a sentence?
- One Sings, the Other Doesn't trumpets a gladsome triumph for feminists who have awaited the advent of unflinching women in film.
- What part of speech is trumpet?
- Trumpet can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce trumpet?
- Trumpet is pronounced /ˈtɹʌmpɪt/.
- What is the plural of trumpet?
- The plural of trumpet is trumpets.
Words near trumpet in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: trumpet (page history and authors); Trumpet (page history and authors); trumpet (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trumpet (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); રણશિંગું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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