tuba
French, noun
tuba is spelled T-U-B-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tuba is a French masculine noun meaning “tuba” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Tuba is a different word: “abbreviation of tuba basse (“bass tuba”)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gros instrument de musique à vent, à embouchure faisant partie de la famille des cuivres”.
What does tuba mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetuba
- 2
masculinesnorkel
- 3
masculinefunnel cloud (or tub; see cumulonimbus tuba)
noun
- 1
abbreviation of tuba basse (“bass tuba”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gros instrument de musique à vent, à embouchure faisant partie de la famille des cuivres. 2. Tube coudé permettant à un nageur de respirer sous l’eau. 3. Entonnoir nuageux, amorce de tornade qui ne touche pas le sol.
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 tuba
- tubas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tuba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tuba in French?
tuba 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).