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.
   • 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Vain Glory:

     These men are good trumpeters.

5. An American swan (Cygnus buccinator) with a very loud honk.
   • 1998, Bob Devine, National Geographic Society (U.S.), Alien invasion: America's battle with non-native animals and plants

     The trumpeters' fate seems likely to get tangled with that of the mute swan. Currently there's enough habitat for both species, but that may change if trumpeters flourish and mutes aren't controlled.

6. A perciform fish of the family Latridae, native to Australia, New Zealand and Chile.

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 à 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.

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

Translations

person who plays the trumpet

• Asturian: trompetista m or f, trompeteru m
• Catalan: trompetista (ca) m or f, trompeter (ca) m, trompeta (ca) m or 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 or f
• Galician: trompetista (gl) m or 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 (ja) (toranpettā), 喇叭手 (らっぱしゅ, rappashu)
• Latin: būcinātor m, aeneator m
• Norman: trompetteux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trompetist m

  Nynorsk: trompetist m

• Persian: شیپورچی‎ (fa) (šeypurči), شیپورزن‎ (šeypurzan)
• Polish: trębacz (pl) m, trębaczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: trompetista (pt) m or f, trombeteiro (pt) m, trombeta (pt) m
• Russian: труба́ч (ru) m (trubáč)
• Spanish: trompetista m or 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 or 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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Noun

trumpeter

1. indefinite plural of trumpet