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noun, feminine

trompe

/tʁɔ̃p/

noun, feminine/tʁɔ̃p/plural: trompes

trumpet; trunk of an elephant; squinch

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.