trompe

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See also: Trompe and trompé

English

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Etymology

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From French trompe. Doublet of trump and tulumba.

Noun

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trompe (plural trompes)

  1. (obsolete) A trumpet; a trump.
  2. Alternative form of tromp (blowing apparatus in a forge)

Anagrams

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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trompe

  1. deceptively

French

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Etymology

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From Middle French trompe, from Old French trompe, from Frankish *trumpa, *trumba (trumpet), ultimately from an imitative Germanic word akin to Old Dutch drumba, trumba (trumpet, horn), Old High German trumba, trumpa, Old Norse trumba. Doublet of trombe.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʁɔ̃p/
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Noun

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trompe f (plural trompes)

  1. trumpet
  2. trunk of an elephant
  3. squinch

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Romanian: trompă

Verb

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trompe

  1. inflection of tromper:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old French trompe.

Noun

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trompe

  1. Alternative form of trumpe

Etymology 2

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From Old French tromper.

Verb

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trompe

  1. Alternative form of trumpen