You're mistaken. He plays bass, not trombone.
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Trombone
//ˌtɹɑmˈboʊn//
Synonyms for "trombone" (104 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (52)
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2 entriesat location
6 entriesderived
14 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
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9 entriesTranslations
86 translations across 71 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- tromboon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Arabic
2 entries- تْرُومْبُون noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- مُتَرَدِّدَة noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Armenian
1 entries- տրոմբոն noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Basque
1 entries- tronboi noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Belarusian
1 entries- трамбо́н noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тромбо́н noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Burmese
1 entries- ထရွမ်းဗုန်း noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Catalan
1 entries- trombó noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Central Melanau
1 entries- trombon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎦᎾᏙᏅᎩᏍᏗ noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- ᎦᏅᏌᏁᏍᏗ ᏗᏤᎷᎩᏍᏗ noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 長號 /长号 noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Czech
2 entries- pozoun noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- trombón noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Danish
1 entries- basun noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Dutch
1 entries- trombone noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Dutch Low Saxon
2 entries- skoeftrompet noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- trombone noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Esperanto
1 entries- trombono noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Estonian
1 entries- tromboon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Faroese
2 entries- basún noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- basúna noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Finnish
2 entries- pasuuna noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- vetopasuuna noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
French
1 entries- trombone noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Galician
1 entries- trombón noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Georgian
1 entries- ტრომბონი noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
German
1 entries- Posaune noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Greek
1 entries- τρομπόνι noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pū puhi uai noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Hebrew
1 entries- טרומבון noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Hungarian
4 entries- harsona noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- pozan noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- pozaun noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- puzón noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Icelandic
1 entries- básúna noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Ido
1 entries- trombono noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Indonesian
1 entries- trombon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Irish
1 entries- trombón noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Italian
1 entries- trombone noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Japanese
1 entries- トロンボーン noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Javanese
1 entries- trombon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Kabiyé
1 entries- kɩgbɩtɩnaʋ noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Kashubian
1 entries- puzon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Kazakh
1 entries- тромбон noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Korean
1 entries- 트롬본 noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Latvian
2 entries- bazūne noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- trombrons noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Lithuanian
1 entries- trombonas noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Luxembourgish
3 entries- Posaun noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- Trombone noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- Trombonn noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Macedonian
1 entries- тромбон noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Malay
1 entries- trombon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Malayalam
1 entries- ട്രോംബോൺ noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Marathi
1 entries- ट्रॉम्बोन noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Māori
2 entries- pūhōkai noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- pūkumekume noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- trombone noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- trombone noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Occitan
1 entries- trombon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Persian
1 entries- ترومبون noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Posaun noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Polish
1 entries- puzon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Portuguese
1 entries- trombone noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Quechua
1 entries- trumpun noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Romanian
1 entries- trombon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Russian
1 entries- тромбо́н noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Posaune noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- trombon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- trombon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- тромбон noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Slovak
2 entries- pozauna noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
- trombón noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Slovene
1 entries- pozavna noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Spanish
1 entries- trombón noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Swahili
1 entries- tromboni noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Swedish
1 entries- trombon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Tagalog
1 entries- trombon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Tamil
1 entries- துரம்போன் noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Thai
1 entries- ทรอมโบน noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Turkish
1 entries- trombon noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тромбо́н noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Welsh
1 entries- trombôn noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
West-Frisian
1 entries- tromboane noun (a musical instrument in the brass family)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I've always wanted to play the trombone.
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Tom didn't start to play the trombone until he was twenty.
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Tom began trombone lessons when he was twelve years old.
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