See also: trąbą, traba, and trabá

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trǫba. Compare French trompe and Italian tromba.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɔm.ba/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔmba
  • Syllabification: trą‧ba

Noun

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trąba f

  1. trunk of an elephant
  2. (childish) Augmentative of trąbka
  3. (colloquial) clumsy person
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara
  4. (meteorology) tornado, twister (violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground)
    Synonyms: cyklon, tornado, trąba powietrzna

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • trąba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • trąba in Polish dictionaries at PWN