trombeta

Portuguese

Etymology

Adapted borrowing from French trompette. By surface analysis, tromba +‎ -eta. Doublet of trompete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾõˈbe.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: trom‧be‧ta

Noun

trombeta f (plural trombetas)

1. (music) a trumpet or bugle
2. cornetfish (any of several slender, elongated tropical fish of the family Fistulariidae)
3. thorn apple (Datura stramonium, a toxic herb used in traditional medicine)

   Synonyms: estramónio, figueira-do-diabo, figueira-do-inferno

4. angel's trumpet (any plant of the genera Brugmansia and Datura)

Derived terms

• trombeta-chinesa
• trombetear
• trombeteiro

 

Descendants

• → Swahili: tarumbeta
• → Tetum: trombeta

Further reading

• “trombeta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024