noun
Meaning 1
A person who plays the trombone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
trombonist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /tɹɒmˈbəʊ.nɪst/
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US: /tɹɑmˈboʊ.nɪst/
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noun
Meaning 2
a musician who plays the trombone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trombone player
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musician, instrumentalist, player
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English trombone Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English trombonist From trombone + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: trombonista — person who plays the trombone
- Chinese Mandarin: 長號手 /长号手 (chánghàoshǒu) — person who plays the trombone
- Esperanto: trombonisto — person who plays the trombone
- Finnish: vetopasunisti — person who plays the trombone
- French: tromboniste — person who plays the trombone
- Galician: trombón — person who plays the trombone
- German: Posaunist — person who plays the trombone
- German: Posaunistin — person who plays the trombone
- Kashubian: puzoniôrz — person who plays the trombone
- Latin: trombonista — person who plays the trombone
- Latin: trombonistus — person who plays the trombone
- Māori: kaiwhakatangi pūhōkai — person who plays the trombone
- Polish: puzonista — person who plays the trombone
- Polish: puzonistka — person who plays the trombone
- Portuguese: trombonista — person who plays the trombone
- Russian: тромбони́ст (tromboníst) — person who plays the trombone
- Russian: тромбони́стка (trombonístka) — person who plays the trombone
- Spanish: trombonista — person who plays the trombone
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