trumpets

Other forms of trumpets

plural

trumpetses·

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 trumpets

What does trumpets mean?

trumpets means "pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids".

How many syllables are in trumpets?

trumpets has 2 syllables: trum-pets. The stress falls on "trum". In IPA it is /ˈtɹʌmpəts/.

What is another word for trumpets?

Close synonyms include huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, yellow trumpet, yellow pitcher plant, Sarracenia flava. 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 trumpets a common word?

trumpets is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.