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tuba.

trumpet (straight tube); (military signals/religious rites); hydraulic ram pipe;

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈtʊ.ba]Classical-Latin[ˈtuː.ba]
  1. long trumpet over 1 meter in length, especially a war-trumpet

    declension-1 · feminine · literally
  2. signal for war, war

    declension-1 · feminine
  3. loud sound sonorous, elevated epic poetry

    declension-1 · feminine
  4. loud sound lofty style of speaking

    declension-1 · feminine
  5. exciter, author, instigator

    declension-1 · feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”) with similarities in meaning and form.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.