tuba

See also Tuba, túba, and tūba

English

Wikipedia

A tuba.

Etymology

From Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtjuː.bə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈtu.bə/
• Rhymes: -uːbə

Noun

tuba (plural tubas)

1. A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
   • 1990, Thomas D. Rossing, The Science of Sound‎, page 230

     One version of the large tuba, popular in marching bands, is called a sousaphone in honor of bandsman John Philip Sousa.

Derived terms

• tubaist
• tubalike
• tubist
• wagner tuba

Translations

a large brass musical instrument

Chinese: Mandarin: 大號 (cmn), 大号 (cmn) (dàhào) Czech: tuba (cs) f. Dutch: tuba (nl) m. Esperanto: tubjo (eo) Finnish: tuuba (fi) French: tuba (fr) m. Galician: tuba (gl) f. German: Tuba (de) f. Hungarian: tuba (hu) Icelandic: túba (is) f.

Irish: tiúba (ga) m. Italian: tuba (it) f. Lithuanian: tūba (lt) Polish: tuba (pl) f. Portuguese: tuba (pt) f. Russian: туба (ru) (túba) f. Slovene: tuba (sl) f. Spanish: tuba (es) f. Swahili: tuba (sw) Volapük: tubat (vo)

See also

• euphonium, sousaphone
• tube
• tubular

Anagrams

• abut
• tabu

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʊba/

Noun

tuba f.

1. tube (a cylindrical container)
2. tuba (a large brass musical instrument)

Declension

    declension of tuba

	singular	plural
nominative	tuba	tuby
genitive	tuby	tub
dative	tubě	tubám
accusative	tubu	tuby
vocative	tubo	tuby
locative	tubě	tubách
instrumental	tubou	tubami

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Estonian

Noun

tuba (genitive toa, partitive tuba)

1. room

Declension

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French

Noun

tuba m. (plural tubas)

1. tuba
2. snorkel

Anagrams

• buta

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Galician

Noun

tuba f. (plural tubas)

1. tuba

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Hungarian

Wikipedia ^hu

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtubɒ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: tu‧ba

Noun

tuba (plural tubák)

1. (music) tuba

Declension

declension of tuba singular plural nominative tuba tubák accusative tubát tubákat dative tubának tubáknak instrumental tubával tubákkal causal-final tubáért tubákért translative tubává tubákká terminative tubáig tubákig essive-formal tubaként tubákként essive-modal - - inessive tubában tubákban superessive tubán tubákon adessive tubánál tubáknál illative tubába tubákba sublative tubára tubákra allative tubához tubákhoz elative tubából tubákból delative tubáról tubákról ablative tubától tubáktól

possessives of tuba possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. tubám tubáim 2nd person sing. tubád tubáid 3rd person sing. tubája tubái 1st person plural tubánk tubáink 2nd person plural tubátok tubáitok 3rd person plural tubájuk tubáik

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

tuba f. (plural tube)

1. (music) tuba
2. top hat
3. (anatomy) tube

Synonyms

• (top hat) cilindro
• (tube) tuba di Falloppio

Derived terms

• tubarico

Verb

tuba

1. third-person singular present indicative of tubare
2. second-person singular imperative of tubare

Anagrams

• tabù

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈtu.ba/

Noun

tuba (genitive tubae); f, first declension

1. A long trumpet over 1 meter in length.
2. tube

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	tuba	tubae
genitive	tubae	tubārum
dative	tubae	tubīs
accusative	tubam	tubās
ablative	tubā	tubīs
vocative	tuba	tubae

Related terms

• tubus

Descendants

• English: tuba
• French: tuba
• Galician: tuba
• Italian: tuba

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian duva).

Noun

tuba

1. a root used to poison fish

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

Noun

tuba f.

1. (music) tuba

Declension

    declension of tuba

	singular	plural
nominative	tuba	tuby
genitive	tuby	tub
dative	tubie	tubom
accusative	tubę	tuby
instrumental	tubą	tubami
locative	tubie	tubach
vocative	tubo	tuby