trumpet
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.
Example
“The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.”
Other meanings
Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.
“The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.”
The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.
“The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.”
Synonyms
- horn
A kind of
- brass
Kinds of trumpet
- serpent
Related words
- betrumpet
- Donald Trumpet
- flumpet
- trumpetbush
- trumpeteer
- trumpetfish
- trumpetless
- trumpetlike
- trumpetry
- trumpetweed
- trumpetwood
- trumpety
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "trompette".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “trumpet” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.