trommel
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Trommel (“drum”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɒməl/
- Rhymes: -ɒməl
Noun
trommel (plural trommels)
- (mining) A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.
- 1871, Rossiter W. Raymond, Mines and Mining of the Rocky Mountains, the Inland Basin, and the Pacific Slope, J. B. Ford & Company, page 697:
- This trommel is very compact and will give four sizes of product.
- A rotating drum for sorting items, such as waste for recycling.
Derived terms
- trommel screen
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trommel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch trommel, which is either formed from trom + -el or a deverbal from trommelen. Ultimately of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtrɔ.məl/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: trom‧mel
- Rhymes: -ɔməl
Noun
trommel f or m (plural trommels, diminutive trommeltje n)
- (music) drum, a type of percussion instrument
- (technology) drum, various, often cylindrically shaped objects or components
- cylinder (of a revolver)
- a box to hold cookies in
Synonyms
Derived terms
- broodtrommel
- koektrommel
- trommelrem
- trommelstok
- trommelvlies
- verbandtrommel
Descendants
- Afrikaans: trommel
- Berbice Creole Dutch: trombo
- Petjo: tromol
- → Lokono: tromere
- → Aukan: toombo
- → Gilbertese: turuma, tiruma (via a Polynesian language)
- → Indonesian: tromol
- → Pukapukan: tuluma
- → Rakahanga-Manihiki: turuma
- → Sranan Tongo: tromu
- → Kari'na: tolonpulu
- → Tokelauan: tuluma
- → Tuvaluan: tuluma
Verb
trommel
- inflection of trommelen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Anagrams
French
Noun
trommel m (plural trommels)
Further reading
- “trommel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
trommel
- inflection of trommeln:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
trommel m (definite singular trommelen, indefinite plural tromler, definite plural tromlene)
- a drum (e.g. brake drum, cable drum, rotating cylinder)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “trommel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
trommel m (definite singular trommelen, indefinite plural tromlar, definite plural tromlane)
- a drum (e.g. brake drum, cable drum, rotating cylinder)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “trommel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.