trombe

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

trombe

from Italian tromba, related to trumpet. Having taken, by analogy of shape, the meaning of "a kind of firework" (trombe di fuoco) used by Rabelais: then to prevent the assault of the fairground visitors [...] ten fire trumpets, cannon rockets [...] and fire pots were thrown. Then, still by analogy of shape (see illustration), that of "tornado".

Definitions

météorologie
météorologie

Plural

trombes

Translations

  • germangerman:Trombe
  • englishenglish:waterspout
  • italianitalian:tromba
  • spanishspanish:manga
  • portugueseportuguese:tromba