trumpeter

English

A trumpeter.

Etymology

From trumpet +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹʌmpɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹʌmpɪtə/
• Hyphenation: trum‧pet‧er

Noun

trumpeter (plural trumpeters)

1. Someone who plays a trumpet.
2. Any of three species of bird in the family Psophiidae from South America named for the trumpeting threat call of the males.
3. Any of a number of breeds of fancy pigeon (variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia), originally bred for their peculiar gurgling voice, a prolonged coo called "trumpeting" or "drumming".
4. (figuratively) One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
   • Francis Bacon

     These men are good trumpeters.

5. An American swan (Cygnus buccinator) with a very loud honk.
6. A perciform fish of the family Latridae, native to Australia, New Zealand and Chile.

Synonyms

• (one who plays trumpet): trumpetist, trumpet-player
• (Cygnus buccinator): Olor buccinator (dated)

Derived terms

• Altenburg trumpeter, Columba livia
• Arabian trumpeter, Columba livia
• Bernburg trumpeter, Columba livia
• Bokhara trumpeter, Columba livia
• Czech trumpeter, Columba livia
• dark-winged trumpeter, Psophia viridis
• Dresden trumpeter, Columba livia
• English trumpeter, Columba livia
• Franconian trumpeter, Columba livia
• German beak-crested trumpeter, Columba livia
• German double-crested trumpeter, Columba livia
• German fork-tailed trumpeter, Columba livia
• grey-winged trumpeter, Psophia crepitans
• Harzburg trumpeter, Columba livia
• pale-winged trumpeter, Psophia leucoptera
• Russian trumpeter, Columba livia
• Saxon trumpeter, Columba livia
• Schmölln trumpeter (Schmoelln trumpeter, Schmolln trumpeter), Columba livia
• Syrian trumpeter, Columba livia
• Vogtland trumpeter, Columba livia

Usage notes

When piston cornets were introduced, a distinction was made between a person who played an old fashioned valveless trumpet (a "trumpeter") and a musician who played a Cornet-á-pistons (a "trumpet player.") This distinction is mostly lost today, as the standard Bb trumpet is so much more prevalent than any museum-piece valveless trumpet.

Translations

person who plays the trumpet

• Asturian: trompetista m, f, trompeteru m
• Catalan: trompetista (ca) m, f, trompeter (ca) m, trompeta (ca) m, f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喇叭手 (zh) (lǎbāshǒu)

• Czech: trumpetista m
• Danish: trompetist (da) c, trompeter c
• Dutch: trompettist (nl) m
• Esperanto: trumpetisto
• Finnish: trumpetisti (fi)
• French: trompettiste (fr) m, f
• Galician: trompetista (gl) m, f, trompeta (gl) m
• German: Trompeter (de) m
• Hungarian: trombitás (hu), kürtös (hu), trombitajátékos

• Irish: trumpadóir m
• Japanese: トランペッター (toranpettā), 喇叭手 (らっぱしゅ, rappashu)
• Norman: trompetteux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trompetist m

  Nynorsk: trompetist m

• Persian: شیپورچی‏‎ (fa) (šeypurči), شیپورزن‏‎ (šeypurzan)
• Polish: trębacz (pl) m
• Portuguese: trompetista (pt) m, f, trombeteiro (pt) m, trombeta (pt) m
• Russian: труба́ч (ru) m (trubáč)
• Spanish: trompetista m, f, trompetero (es) m, trompeta (es) m
• Swedish: trumpetare (sv) c

bird of the family Psophiidae

• Finnish: kyssäkurki (fi)
• German: Trompetervogel (de) m

• Navajo: tsiiyázhí

trumpeter pigeon

• Dutch: trommelduif m, f
• Finnish: rumpalikyyhkynen

• French: pigeon tambour m
• German: Trommeltaube f

figurative: one who proclaims, publishes, or denounces

Cygnus buccinator

• Finnish: trumpettijoutsen (fi)

fish of the family Latridae

• Finnish: trumpettiahven

• Maori: kohikohi, pōrae

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Swedish

Noun

trumpeter

1. indefinite plural of trumpet