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tuba

UK/tuˈbaʔ/ US/tuˈbə/ uncommon

noun

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Origin

Borrowed in the 19th century from French tuba (“tuba”), German Tuba (“tuba”), originally Baß-Tuba (literally “bass tuba”), or Italian tuba (“tuba”), from Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”). The Latin term is of obscure ultimate origin, but is possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”); see there.

Phrases

  • corno basso
  • cumulonimbus tuba
  • sax tuba
  • Wagner tuba
  • war tuba

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