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trompet

trumpet

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/trɔmˈpɛt/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch trompet, from Old French trompette (“trumpet”), diminutive of trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa, *trumba (“trumpet”). Akin to Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”).

Related words

mondharp

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