trumpeter

Other forms of trumpeter

plural

trumpeters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about trumpeter

What does trumpeter mean?

trumpeter means "a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trumpeter?

trumpeter has 3 syllables: trum-pe-ter. The stress falls on "trum". In IPA it is /ˈtɹʌmpətɚ/.

What is another word for trumpeter?

Close synonyms include cornetist, herald, trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trumpeter a common word?

trumpeter is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.