Trumpet Definition
trŭmpĭt
trumpeted, trumpeting, trumpets
noun
trumpets
A brass instrument with a bright tone, consisting of a tube in an oblong loop or loops, with a flared bell and, in the modern instrument, three valves for producing changes in pitch.
Webster's New World
Something shaped like a trumpet; esp., ear trumpet.
Webster's New World
A pitcher plant (Sarracenia flava) of the SE U.S., with slender, erect, hollow leaves.
Webster's New World
A trumpet-toned organ stop.
Webster's New World
A sound like that of a trumpet; specif., the reverberating call of an elephant.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- trump
- horn
- cornet
- shophar (heb.)
- clarion
- bugle
- instrument
- brass wind
- wind-instrument
verb
trumpeted, trumpeting, trumpets
To sound on a trumpet.
Webster's New World
To blow a trumpet.
Webster's New World
To sound or utter with a trumpetlike tone.
Webster's New World
To give forth a resounding call.
American Heritage
To make a sound like a trumpet.
Webster's New World
Origin of Trumpet
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From Middle English trumpette, trompette (“trumpet") from Old French trompette (“trumpet"), diminutive of trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet"), from Frankish *trumpa, *trumba (“trumpet"). Akin to Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet"), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum"), Middle Low German trumme (“drum"). More at drum.
From Wiktionary
Middle English trumpette from Old French trompette diminutive of trompe horn from Old High German trumpa
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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