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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trǫba. Compare French trompe and Italian tromba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtrɔm.ba/
- Rhymes: -ɔmba
- Syllabification: trą‧ba
Noun
trąba f
- trunk of an elephant
- (childish) Augmentative of trąbka
- (colloquial) clumsy person
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara
- (meteorology) tornado, twister (violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground)
- Synonyms: cyklon, tornado, trąba powietrzna
Declension
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Further reading
- trąba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- trąba in Polish dictionaries at PWN