tuba

Meaning

1. A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
2. A large reed stop in organs.

Synonyms

bass horn

sousaphone

horn

somersault

somerset

summersault

turnover

wind instrument

absolute drought

bass saxhorn

great drought

tornado cloud

pendant cloud

bombardon

tuba player

brass

Translations

tuba

Tuba

tuba

tuba

tuba

tuba

tuba

τούμπα

tuba

soubassophone

bombardon

Tube

contrebasse de saxhorn

κόρνο μπάσο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtjuː.bə/

Etymology

Borrowed in the 19th century from French tuba (“tuba”), German Tuba (“tuba”), originally Baß-Tuba (literally “bass tuba”), or Italian tuba (“tuba”), from Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”). The Latin term is of obscure ultimate origin, but is possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”); see there.