trombone
Portuguese, noun/tɾõˈbõ.ni/
trombone is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “trombone (a musical instrument in the brass family)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aerofone da família dos metais; é mais grave que o trompete e mais agudo que a tuba”.
What does trombone mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrombone (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aerofone da família dos metais; é mais grave que o trompete e mais agudo que a tuba
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of trombone
- trombones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trombone?
- Brazil /tɾõˈbõ.ni/
- Portugal /tɾõˈbɔ.nɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trombone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trombone in Portuguese?
trombone appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).