Definitions for tubaˈtu bə, ˈtyu-
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
tu•baˈtu bə, ˈtyu-(n.)(pl.)-bas.
a valved brass musical wind instrument having a low range.
Category: Music and Dance
Category: Meteorology
Ref: funnel cloud.
Origin of tuba:
1850–55; < G (1835) < L: trumpet; akin to tube
Princeton's WordNet
bass horn, sousaphone, tuba(noun)
the lowest brass wind instrument
Wiktionary
tuba(Noun)
A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
Origin: From tuba.
Webster Dictionary
Tuba(noun)
an ancient trumpet
Tuba(noun)
a sax-tuba. See Sax-tuba
Translations for tuba
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
tuba(noun)
a large brass musical wind instrument giving a low-pitched range of notes
He plays the tuba.
- tubaAfrikaans
- توبا: آلة موسيقيهArabic
- тубаBulgarian
- tubaPortuguese (BR)
- tubaCzech
- die TubaGerman
- tubaDanish
- τούμπα (μουσ.)Greek
- tubaSpanish
- tuubaEstonian
- شیپور؛ کرناFarsi
- tuubaFinnish
- tubaFrench
- טוּבָּהHebrew
- मन्द स्वर का यन्त्र वाद्यHindi
- tubaCroatian
- tubaHungarian
- tuba, alat musik tiupIndonesian
- túbaIcelandic
- tubaItalian
- チューバJapanese
- 튜바Korean
- tūbaLithuanian
- tūbaLatvian
- tubaMalay
- tubaDutch
- tubaNorwegian
- tubaPolish
- شیپور؛ کرناPersian
- ارت خولی تروم، غټ ترومPashto
- tubaPortuguese
- tubăRomanian
- тубаRussian
- tubaSlovak
- tubaSlovenian
- bas-trubaSerbian
- tubaSwedish
- แตรใหญ่Thai
- tubaTurkish
- 大號Chinese (Trad.)
- тубаUkrainian
- آرگن باجاUrdu
- kèn tubaVietnamese
- 大号Chinese (Simp.)
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