tromba

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾom.bə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾom.ba] Rhymes: -omba Hyphenation: trom‧ba === Noun === tromba f (plural trombes) whirlwind, waterspout tornado === Further reading === “tromba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɾomba/ [ˈt̪ɾom.bɐ] Rhymes: -omba Hyphenation: trom‧ba === Noun === tromba f (plural trombas) thunderstorm Synonyms: torboada, torbón, treboada === Further reading === “tromba”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtrom.ba/ Rhymes: -omba Hyphenation: tróm‧ba === Etymology 1 === From a Germanic source (Frankish *trumba, Old High German trumpa, Old Norse trumba), all imitative. ==== Noun ==== tromba f (plural trombe) trumpet horn (military) bugler well (in a building) shaft ===== Derived terms ===== trombetta tromba delle scale tromba dell'ascensore tromba di Eustachio trombatore ===== Descendants ===== → Middle French: trombe French: trombe→ English: tromp→ German: Trombe→ Swedish: tromb → Hijazi Arabic: طُرُمْبَة (ṭurumba) → Spanish: tromba → Ottoman Turkish: طولومبه (tulumba), طولمبه (tulumba), طلومبه (tulumba), طلمبه (tulumba), تلومبه (tulumba), تلومبا (tulumba), طلومبا (tulumba), طولومبا (tulumba)Turkish: tulumba→ Albanian: tullumbë→ Arabic: طُلُمْبَة (ṭulumba)→ Armenian: թուլումպա (tʻulumpa)→ Azerbaijani: tulumba (archaic)→ Georgian: თულუმბა (tulumba) — Chveneburi→ Persian: تلمبه (tolombe)→ Romanian: tulumbă === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tromba third-person singular present indicative of trombare == Maltese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian tromba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtrɔm.ba/ Rhymes: -ɔmba === Noun === tromba f (plural trombi or tronob) binoculars Synonym: binokulari trumpet ==== Related terms ==== == Piedmontese == === Alternative forms === trumba === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtrumba/ === Noun === tromba f (plural trombe) trumpet == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (most dialects) -õbɐ, (Southern Brazil) -õba Hyphenation: trom‧ba === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese tromba, trompa, from Frankish *trumpa, from an imitative Germanic word. ==== Noun ==== tromba f (plural trombas) trunk (extended nasal organ of an elephant) (colloquial, by extension) face (colloquial) a sullen facial expression estar de trombas ― to be in a bad mood stinger (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid) ellipsis of tromba-d'água (“waterspout”) (obsolete) a trumpet or bugle ===== Synonyms ===== (nose of an elephant): probóscide (sullen facial expression): carranca, cara fechada (trumpet or bugle): trombeta === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== tromba inflection of trombar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “tromba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tromba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian tromba (“trumpet”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɾomba/ [ˈt̪ɾõm.ba] Rhymes: -omba Syllabification: trom‧ba === Noun === tromba f (plural trombas) whirlwind, tornado Synonym: torbellino waterspout Synonym: tifón ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tromba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Vilamovian == === Etymology === From Old French trompette. === Noun === tromba f trumpet