tromba
See also: tromba-
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tromba f (plural trombes)
Further reading edit
- “tromba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tromba f (plural trombas)
Further reading edit
- “tromba” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From a Germanic source (Frankish *trumba, Old High German trumpa, Old Norse trumba), all imitative.
Noun edit
tromba f (plural trombe)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Middle French: trombe
- → Spanish: tromba
- → Ottoman Turkish: طولومبه (tulumba), طولمبه (tulumba), طلومبه (tulumba), طلمبه (tulumba), تلومبه (tulumba), تلومبا (tulumba), طلومبا (tulumba), طولومبا (tulumba)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
tromba
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tromba f (plural trombi or tronob)
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Piedmontese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tromba f (plural trombe)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: trom‧ba
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese tromba, trompa, from Frankish *trumpa, from an imitative Germanic word.
Noun edit
tromba f (plural trombas)
- trunk (extended nasal organ of an elephant)
- (colloquial, by extension) face
- (colloquial) a sullen facial expression
- estar de trombas ― to be in a bad mood
- stinger (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid)
- Clipping of tromba d'água (“waterspout”).
- (obsolete) a trumpet or bugle
Synonyms edit
- (nose of an elephant): probóscide
- (sullen facial expression): carranca, cara fechada
- (trumpet or bugle): trombeta
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
tromba
- inflection of trombar:
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian tromba (“trumpet”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tromba f (plural trombas)
- whirlwind, tornado
- Synonym: torbellino
- waterspout
- Synonym: tifón
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tromba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Vilamovian edit
Etymology edit
From Old French trompette.
Noun edit
tromba f