trombo

See also: trombò

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrombo]
• Rhymes: -ombo
• Hyphenation: trom‧bo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin thrombus, from Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos).

Noun

trombo (accusative singular trombon, plural tromboj, accusative plural trombojn)

1. thrombus, blood clot

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French trombe, itself borrowed from Italian tromba (“trumpet, horn; shaft”), ultimately of Germanic origin and etymologically related to trombono and trumpeto.

Noun

trombo (accusative singular trombon, plural tromboj, accusative plural trombojn)

1. waterspout

Related terms

• ciklono
• tajfuno
• tornado
• uragano

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrom.bo/
• Rhymes: -ombo
• Hyphenation: tróm‧bo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos, “clot, curd”).

Noun

trombo m (plural trombi)

1. (pathology) thrombus, clot

Derived terms

• trombina
• trombizzare

Related terms

• trombosi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

trombo

1. first-person singular present indicative of trombare

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾõ.bu/

• Hyphenation: trom‧bo

Etymology 1

Noun

trombo m (plural trombos)

1. (hematology, pathology) thrombus (blood clot that leads to thrombosis)

Etymology 2

Verb

trombo

1. first-person singular present indicative of trombar

Spanish

Noun

trombo m (plural trombos)

1. (pathology) thrombus

Further reading

• “trombo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014