trumpet

CEFRB1

/ˈtɹʌmpɪt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A brass musical instrument with a bright, powerful sound.

  2. 02

    verb

    To announce or praise something loudly.

Examples

  • I often heard him playing the melody on the trumpet.

  • Will you try to play the trumpet?

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.

  2. The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.

  3. A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.

More examples

In context

  • Ted likes playing the trumpet.

  • The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.

  • The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English trumpet, trumpette, trompette (“trumpet”), from Old French trompette (“trumpet”), diminutive of trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa, *trumba (“trumpet”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”), Old Norse trumba (“pipe; trumpet”). More at drum. Displaced native English beme, from Middle English beme, from Old English bīeme.