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Added 9 October 2026

trumpet

/ˈtɹʌmpɪt/ noun

In Latin: buccina, trumpeta, salpinx Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about trumpet at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves.

verb

Proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet.
Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty
Play or blow on the trumpet.
Utter in trumpet-like sounds.
Elephants are trumpeting

Origin

From Middle English trumpet, trumpette, trompette (“trumpet”), from Old French trompette (“trumpet”), diminutive of trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa, *trumba (“trumpet”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”), Old Norse trumba (“pipe; trumpet”). More at drum. Displaced native English beme, from Middle English beme, from Old English bīeme.

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