trombe
French, noun/tʁɔ̃b/
trombe is spelled T-R-O-M-B-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,445th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trombe is a French feminine noun meaning “waterspout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tornade ; cyclone”.
What does trombe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewaterspout
- 2
femininewhirlwind
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tornade ; cyclone. 2. Colonne d’eau qui, poussée par le vent, tourbillonne. 3. Tourbillon d'air. 4. Grande quantité (de quelque chose) qui s’abat brutalement, qui se déchaîne ou qui est entraîné violemment et bruyamment.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of trombe
- trombes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trombe?
- /tʁɔ̃b/
- \tʁɔ̃b\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trombe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trombe in French?
trombe appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).