trommel
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Trommel (“drum”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɒməl/
- Rhymes: -ɒməl
Noun edit
trommel (plural trommels)
- (mining) A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.
- 1871, Rossiter W. Raymond, Mines and Mining of the Rocky Mountains, the Inland Basin, and the Pacific Slope, J. B. Ford & Company, page 697:
- This trommel is very compact and will give four sizes of product.
- A rotating drum for sorting items, such as waste for recycling.
Derived terms edit
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trommel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch trommel, ultimately of imitative origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
trommel f or m (plural trommels, diminutive trommeltje n)
- (music) drum, a type of percussion instrument
- (technology) drum, various, often cylindrically shaped objects or components
- cylinder (of a revolver)
- a box to hold cookies in
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Berbice Creole Dutch: trombo
- Petjo: tromol
- → Lokono: tromere
- → Aukan: toombo
- → Gilbertese: turuma, tiruma (via a Polynesian language)
- → Indonesian: tromol
- → Pukapukan: tuluma
- → Rakahanga-Manihiki: turuma
- → Sranan Tongo: tromu
- → Kari'na: tolonpulu
- → Tokelauan: tuluma
- → Tuvaluan: tuluma
Verb edit
trommel
- inflection of trommelen:
Anagrams edit
French edit
Noun edit
trommel m (plural trommels)
Further reading edit
- “trommel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
trommel
- inflection of trommeln:
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
trommel m (definite singular trommelen, indefinite plural tromler, definite plural tromlene)
- a drum (e.g. brake drum, cable drum, rotating cylinder)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “trommel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
trommel m (definite singular trommelen, indefinite plural tromlar, definite plural tromlane)
- a drum (e.g. brake drum, cable drum, rotating cylinder)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “trommel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.