Meaning

noun a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

verb proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet

verb play or blow on the trumpet

originFrom Middle English trumpet, trumpette, trompette (“trumpet”), from Old French trompette (“trumpet”), diminutive of trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa, *trumba (“trumpet”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”), Old Norse trumba (“pipe; trumpet”). More at drum.…

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