shofar
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hebrew שׁוֹפָר (shofár, “shofar”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃəʊ̯fə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃoʊ̯fɚ/, /ˈʃoʊ̯fɑɹ/
- Homophone: chauffeur (some pronunciations of both words)
Noun
shofar (plural shofars or shofroth or shofarot or shofaroth)
- (Judaism) A ram’s-horn trumpet.
- 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:
- Thaddeus the fluteplayer had, it seems, found a ram’s horn or shofar, and he was blowing this not in the normal manner of an angry summons but so as to produce a melody of four notes, like a camp call to dinner or parade.
Translations
ram’s-horn trumpet
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Spanish
Noun
shofar m (plural shofares)