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English

Verb

tromps

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tromp

Icelandic

Noun

tromps

1. indefinite genitive singular of tromp

English

Etymology

From French trompe

Noun

trompe (plural trompes)

1. (obsolete) A trumpet; a trump.
2. Alternative form of tromp (“blowing apparatus in a forge”)

Anagrams

• emptor, pro tem, pro tem.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?trompe/

Adverb

trompe

1. deceptively

French

Etymology

From Middle French trompe, from Old French trompe, from Frankish *trumpa, *trumba (“trumpet”), ultimately from an imitative Germanic word akin to Old Dutch drumba, trumba (“trumpet, horn”), Old High German trumba, trumpa, Old Norse trumba. Doublet of trombe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???p/

Noun

trompe f (plural trompes)

1. trumpet
2. trunk of an elephant
3. squinch

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Romanian: tromp?

Verb

trompe

1. first-person singular present indicative of tromper
2. third-person singular present indicative of tromper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of tromper
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of tromper
5. second-person singular imperative of tromper

Further reading

• “trompe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• promet

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French trompe.

Noun

trompe

1. Alternative form of trumpe

Etymology 2

From Old French tromper.

Verb

trompe

1. Alternative form of trumpen