tromba

See also: tromba-

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾom.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾom.ba]
• Rhymes: -omba
• Hyphenation: trom‧ba

Noun

tromba f (plural trombes)

1. whirlwind, waterspout
2. tornado

Further reading

• “tromba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾomba/ [ˈt̪ɾom.bɐ]
• Rhymes: -omba
• Hyphenation: trom‧ba

Noun

tromba f (plural trombas)

1. thunderstorm

   Synonyms: torboada, torbón, treboada

Further reading

• “tromba”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrom.ba/
• Rhymes: -omba
• Hyphenation: tróm‧ba

Etymology 1

From a Germanic source (Frankish *trumba, Old High German trumpa, Old Norse trumba), all imitative.

Noun

tromba f (plural trombe)

1. trumpet
2. horn
3. (military) bugler
4. well (in a building)
5. shaft

Derived terms

• trombetta
• tromba delle scale
• tromba dell'ascensore
• tromba di Eustachio
• trombatore

Descendants

• → Middle French: trombe
  • French: trombe
    • → English: tromp
    • → German: Trombe
      • → Swedish: tromb
• → Spanish: tromba
• → Ottoman Turkish: طولومبه (tulumba), طولمبه (tulumba), طلومبه (tulumba), طلمبه (tulumba), تلومبه (tulumba), تلومبا (tulumba), طلومبا (tulumba), طولومبا (tulumba)
  • Turkish: tulumba
  • → Albanian: tullumbë
  • → Arabic: طُلُمْبَة (ṭulumba)
  • → Armenian: թուլումպա (tʻulumpa)
  • → Azerbaijani: tulumba (archaic)
  • → Georgian: თულუმბა (tulumba) — Chveneburi
  • → Persian: تلمبه (tolombe)
  • → Romanian: tulumbă

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tromba

1. third-person singular present indicative of trombare

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tromba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔm.ba/

Noun

tromba f (plural trombi or tronob)

1. binoculars
2. trumpet

Related terms

• trombetta (trumbetta)
• trombettier (trumbettier)
• trombettun (trumbettun)
• trombjatura
• ttrombja
• ttrumbettja (ttrumbetta)

 

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• trumba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrumba/

Noun

tromba f (plural trombe)

1. trumpet

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾõ.bɐ/

• Rhymes: (most dialects) -õbɐ, (Southern Brazil) -õba
• Hyphenation: trom‧ba

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tromba, trompa, from Frankish *trumpa, from an imitative Germanic word.

Noun

tromba f (plural trombas)

1. trunk (extended nasal organ of an elephant)
2. (colloquial, by extension) face
3. (colloquial) a sullen facial expression

   estar de trombas ― to be in a bad mood

4. stinger (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid)
5. Clipping of tromba d'água (“waterspout”).
6. (obsolete) a trumpet or bugle

Synonyms

• (nose of an elephant): probóscide
• (sullen facial expression): carranca, cara fechada
• (trumpet or bugle): trombeta

Etymology 2

Verb

tromba

1. inflection of trombar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tromba (“trumpet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾomba/ [ˈt̪ɾõm.ba]
• Rhymes: -omba
• Syllabification: trom‧ba

Noun

tromba f (plural trombas)

1. whirlwind, tornado

   Synonym: torbellino

2. waterspout

   Synonym: tifón

Derived terms

• en tromba
• tromba de agua

 

Further reading

• “tromba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old French trompette.

Noun

tromba f

1. trumpet