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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
trum•pet /ˈtrʌmpɪt/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Music and Dance
    • Music and Dancea brass wind instrument consisting of a tube curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a wide bell at the other: [countable]a beautiful trumpet.[uncountable]plays trumpet for the band.
  2. [countable] a sound like that of a trumpet.

v. 
  1. to blow a trumpet and produce a tone, etc.: [~ + object]She trumpeted the song.[no object]She trumpeted for years in a jazz band.
  2. to give out a loud, trumpetlike cry: [~ + object]The elephant trumpeted a cry of warning.[no object]elephants trumpeting.
  3. to announce or make known loudly or widely: [~ + object]The president trumpeted his new plan.[used with quotations]"This will work!'' he trumpeted.
trum•pet•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
trum•pet  (trum′pit),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. [Music.]
    • Music and Danceany of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other.
    • Music and Dancean organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet.
    • Music and Dancea trumpeter.
  2. something used as or resembling a trumpet, esp. in sound.
  3. a sound like that of a trumpet.
  4. the loud shrill cry of an animal, esp. an elephant.
  5. See ear trumpet. 
  6. Plant Biology trumpets, any of several pitcher plants of the southeastern U.S.

v.i. 
  1. to blow a trumpet.
  2. to emit a loud, trumpetlike cry, as an elephant.

v.t. 
  1. to sound on a trumpet.
  2. to utter with a sound like that of a trumpet.
  3. to proclaim loudly or widely.
  • French, equivalent. to trompe trump2 + -ette -et
  • Middle English trumpette, trompette 1300–50
trum′pet•less, adj. 
trum′pet•like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
trumpet / ˈtrʌmpɪt/
  1. a valved brass instrument of brilliant tone consisting of a narrow tube of cylindrical bore ending in a flared bell, normally pitched in B flat. Range: two and a half octaves upwards from F sharp on the fourth line of the bass staff
  2. any instrument consisting of a valveless tube ending in a bell, esp a straight instrument used for fanfares, signals, etc
  3. a loud sound such as that of a trumpet, esp when made by an animal
  4. an eight-foot reed stop on an organ
  5. something resembling a trumpet in shape, esp in having a flared bell
  6. short for ear trumpet
  7. blow one's own trumpet ⇒ to boast about oneself; brag
( -pets, -peting, -peted)
  1. to proclaim or sound loudly
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French trompette a little trump2

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