trompette

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French

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Etymology

From trompe +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɔ̃.pɛt/
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Noun

trompette f (plural trompettes)

  1. trumpet
    • 1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:
      Debout devant la fenêtre, nous jouons de la trompette.
      Debout devant la fenêtre, nous jouons de la trompette.
      Sa trompette fait taratata.
      Ta trompette fait taratata.
      Ma trompette, ma trompette, ma trompette fait taratata.
      Sa trompette fait taratata.
      Ta trompette fait taratata.
      Ma trompette, ma trompette, ma trompette fait taratata.
      Standing in front of the window, we play the trumpet.
      Standing in front of the window, we play the trumpet.
      Their trumpet goes taratata.
      Your trumpet goes taratata.
      My trumpet, my trumpet, my trumpet goes taratata.
      Their trumpet goes taratata.
      Your trumpet goes taratata.
      My trumpet, my trumpet, my trumpet goes taratata.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: trompete, trompeta

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

trompette

  1. Alternative form of trumpet

Middle French

Noun

trompette f (plural trompettes)

  1. trumpet

Norman

Etymology

From Old French trompette (trumpet), diminutive of trompe (horn, trump, trumpet), of Germanic origin.

Noun

trompette f (plural trompettes)

  1. (Jersey) trumpet

Derived terms