trombone

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See also: Trombone and tromboné

English

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A tenor trombone

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Italian trombone, from tromba (“trumpet”) +‎ -one (augmentative suffix, conveying notion "large").
  • The telecommunications sense alludes to the shape of the musical instrument.

Pronunciation

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Noun

trombone (plural trombones)

  1. A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).
    Jim plays the trombone very well.
    This trombone is very expensive.
  2. The common European bittern.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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  1. (telecommunications) To transmit a signal or data back to a central switching point before sending it out to its destination.

Dutch

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Pronunciation

Noun

trombone c (plural trombones)

  1. (music) trombone

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trombone

Pronunciation

Noun

trombone m (plural trombones)

  1. (music) trombone
  2. paper clip

Verb

trombone

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tromboner
  2. third-person singular present indicative of tromboner
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of tromboner
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of tromboner
  5. second-person singular imperative of tromboner

Italian

Etymology

From tromba +‎ -one (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

trombone m (plural tromboni)

  1. (music) trombone
  2. an annoying and boring person, especially if arrogant, old or moralist

Descendants

  • → English: trombone
  • → Russian: тромбо́н (trombón) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Spanish: trombón (see there for further descendants)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

trombone m (definite singular trombonen, indefinite plural tromboner, definite plural trombonene)

  1. (music) a trombone

Synonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

trombone m (definite singular trombonen, indefinite plural trombonar, definite plural trombonane)

  1. (music) a trombone

Synonyms

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trombone.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: trom‧bo‧ne

Noun

trombone m (plural s)

  1. (music) trombone (a musical instrument in the brass family)
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