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trumpet noun

  /ˈtɹʌmpɪt/
  • (brass instrument) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
trompette
  • The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.
  • (figurative) One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
barrissement
  • Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.
trompettiste, trompette

trumpet verb

  /ˈtɹʌmpɪt/
  • (ambitransitive) Of an elephant, to make its cry.
barrir, baréter
  • (intransitive) To play the trumpet.
jouer de la trompette, trompeter

trumpeter noun

  /ˈtɹʌmpɪtə/ , /ˈtɹʌmpɪtɚ/
  • (musician) Someone who plays a trumpet.
  • Any of three species of bird in the family Psophiidae from South America named for the trumpeting threat call of the males.
trompettiste
  • Any of a number of breeds of fancy pigeon (variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia), originally bred for their peculiar gurgling voice, a prolonged coo called "trumpeting" or "drumming").
pigeon tambour

trumpeting

barrissement
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