Trumpet

Noun

 * 1) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat.
 * The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.
 * 1) In an orchestra or other musical group, a musician that plays the trumpet.
 * The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.
 * 1) The cry of an elephant.
 * The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.

Synonyms

 * cornet (brass instrument)

Verb

 * 1)  To sound loudly, be amplified
 * The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears.
 * 1)  To play the trumpet.
 * Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.
 * 1)  Of an elephant, to make its cry.
 * ''The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet.
 * 1)  To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically
 * Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment.
 * Bill has trumpeted the cause of debt relief for Africa far and wide.

Adjectives for Trumpet
shattering; martial; hideous; silver; snarling; hostile; fierce; discordant; splitting; unblown.

Verbs for Trumpet
flourish—s; hearken to—; sound—; toot—; —alarms; —awakens; —blares; —blasts; — blazes; —calls forth; —deafens; —hails;

Thesaurus
English horn, adulate, advertise, air, alpenhorn, alphorn, althorn, alto horn, apotheosize, bagpipe, ballad horn, ballyhoo, baritone, bark, bass horn, bassoon, bawl, bay, beep, belaud, bell, bellow, bepraise, blare, blare forth, blast, blat, blaze, blaze abroad, blazon, blazon about, blazon forth, bless, block flute, blow, blow a horn, blow the horn, blow up, blubber, boast of, bombard, boom, bourdon, brag about, brandish, brass choir, brass wind, brass-wind instrument, brasses, bray, breathe, bugle, bugle horn, buzz, cackle, carillon, celebrate, cello, chant, chirp, claribel, clarinet, clarion, concert flute, coo, cornet, cornet-a-pistons, corno di caccia, cornopean, cromorna, crow, cry, cry out, cry up, cymbel, dangle, declaim, deify, demonstrate, diapason, display, doodle, double-bell euphonium, double-tongue, drawl, dulciana, emblazon, eulogize, euphonium, exalt, exclaim, exhibit, extol, fanfare, fife, flash, flatter, flaunt, flourish, flourish of trumpets, flute, flute stop, foundation stop, fourniture, gamba, gasp, gedeckt, gemshorn, glorify, growl, grunt, harmonic flute, helicon, herald, herald abroad, hero-worship, hiss, hold up, honk, horn, hunting horn, hybrid stop, idolize, keen, key trumpet, koppel flute, larigot, laud, lilt, lionize, lip, lituus, lur, magnify, make much of, manifest, mellophone, melodia, mixture, mumble, murmur, mutation stop, mutter, nazard, oboe, octave, ophicleide, orchestral horn, organ stop, overpraise, panegyrize, pant, parade, pay tribute, peal, piccolo, pipe, plein jeu, pocket trumpet, porter aux nues, posaune, post horn, praise, principal, proclaim, promulgate, puff, puff up, put forth, put forward, quint, quintaten, rank, ranket, reed stop, register, roar, rohr flute, rumble, sackbut, salute, saxhorn, saxtuba, scream, screech, serpent, sesquialtera, shawm, shout, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, slide trombone, sliphorn, snap, snarl, snort, sob, sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps, sousaphone, spitz flute, sport, squall, squawk, squeal, stop, stopped diapason, stopped flute, string diapason, string stop, tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, tenor tuba, thunder, thunder forth, tierce, tongue, toot, tootle, tremolo, triple-tongue, tromba, trombone, trumpet blast, trumpet call, trumpet forth, tuba, twang, tweedle, twelfth, unda maris, valve trombone, valve trumpet, vaunt, vibrato, viola, voix celeste, vox angelica, vox humana, wail, warble, wave, whine, whisper, whistle, wind, wind the horn, yap, yawp, yell, yelp

Etymology
From trumpette:, trompette: "trumpet" from  trompette: "trumpet", diminutive of trompe: "horn, trump, trumpet", of  origin, from Low  *undefined: "trumpet". Akin to trumpa:, trumba: "horn, trumpet",  tromme: "drum",  trumme: "drum". More at.

Noun

 * Ainu:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: (būq)
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: tronpeta
 * Breton: trompilh
 * Bulgarian: тромпет
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 小号 (xiǎo hào), 喇叭 (lǎbā)
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:, საყვირი
 * German:
 * Greek:, σάλπιγγα
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: तुरही
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: terompet
 * Irish: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Jèrriais: trompette
 * Korean: 트럼펫 (teureompet)
 * Latin: ,
 * Latin: ,


 * Malay: trompet
 * Malayalam: ട്രംപറ്റ്
 * Marshallese: robba
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Ojibwe:
 * Old French:
 * Persian: ترومپت
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: труба
 * Roman: truba
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: trúba
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: tarumbeta
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: ஊதுகொம்பு
 * Thai: ทรัมเป็ต
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: труба
 * Vietnamese: kèn
 * Welsh:
 * Ukrainian: труба
 * Vietnamese: kèn
 * Welsh:


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian: շեփորահար
 * Czech: trumpetista
 * Danish: trompetist
 * Finnish: trumpettija
 * French:
 * Galician: ,


 * Greek: σαλπιγκτής, τρομπετίστας, τρομπέτα
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian: trompetist
 * Polish: trąbienie
 * Russian:


 * Albanian: feçkë
 * Czech: troubení
 * Danish: trompetstød
 * French:
 * Greek: σάλπισμα


 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: trompetstøt
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: barrito, berrido
 * Telugu: ఘీంకారం (gheeMkaaraM)

Verb

 * Danish: trompetere
 * Greek: διασαλπίζω
 * Norwegian: trompetere


 * Spanish: trompetear
 * Swedish:


 * Danish: spille trompet, trompetere (archaic)
 * Dutch: trompet spelen
 * French: jouer de la trompette, trompeter (archaic)
 * Icelandic: spila á trompet, leika á trompet
 * Italian: suonare la tromba
 * Latin: classicare


 * Norwegian: trompetere spille
 * Polish: grać na trąbce
 * Russian: играть на трубе (igrát' na trub'é)
 * Spanish: trompetear, tocar a la trompeta
 * Swedish: spela trumpet
 * Welsh:


 * Czech:
 * Danish: trompetere
 * French: ,
 * Greek: σαλπίζω
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 吼える (ほえる, hoeru)


 * Norwegian: trompetere
 * Polish: trąbić
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Danish: forkynde, udbasunere
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:


 * Norwegian:, proklamere
 * Russian:


 * : meneriakkan, menyerukan

Related terms

 * trumpet player
 * trumpeter
 * trumpetress