trompa

Meaning

  1. (feminine) French horn
  2. (feminine) horn (e.g. for hunting)
  3. (feminine) trunk (of an animal)
  4. (feminine) proboscis (of an insect)
  5. (feminine) tube, duct
  6. (feminine) squinch
  7. (feminine) trompe
  8. (colloquial, feminine) drunkenness

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈtɾom.pə]
Etymology

In summary

Ultimately of imitative origin. Probably from a Germanic source (compare Frankish *trumba, Old High German trumpa) via Italian tromba.

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