Meaning

3 senses
  1. A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).

    Jim plays the trombone very well.

    This trombone is very expensive.

    Posaune

    тромбо́нtrombón

    тромбо́нtrombón

  2. The common European bittern.

  3. A kind of extendable support for attaching lighting elements to a set.

More definitions
  • a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide

Examples

97 sentences
  1. I've always wanted to play the trombone.

    Я завжди хотів грати на тромбоні.

    ruЯ всегда хотел играть на тромбоне.

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  2. Did you know Tom plays the trombone?

    Ти знав, що Том грає на тромбоні?

    ruТы знал, что Том играет на тромбоне?

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  3. I didn't know that you could play the trombone.

    Я не знав, що ти вмієш грати на тромбоні.

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  4. I also play the trombone.

    Я також граю на тромбоні.

    ruЯ и на тромбоне играю.

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  5. Can you play the trombone?

    Ти вмієш грати на тромбоні?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a musical instrument in the brass family:
Русский
By meaning 1
a musical instrument in the brass family:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a musical instrument in the brass family:

Origin

Borrowed from Italian trombone, from tromba (“trumpet”) + -one (augmentative), literally “

Borrowed from Italian trombone, from tromba (“trumpet”) + -one (augmentative), literally “large trumpet”.

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Forms

plural: trombones / tromboni
Singulartrombone
Pluraltrombones / tromboni

regular

Word family

12 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • play the trombone
  • playing the trombone
  • the trombone than
  • trombone as well
  • the trombone as
  • a new trombone
  • new trombone

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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