trommel

See also: Trommel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Trommel (“drum”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɒməl/
• Rhymes: -ɒməl

Noun

trommel (plural trommels)

1. (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.

2. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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:

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• Hyphenation: trom‧mel
• Rhymes: -ɔməl

Noun

trommel f or m (plural trommels, diminutive trommeltje n)

1. (music) drum, a type of percussion instrument
2. (technology) drum, various, often cylindrically shaped objects or components
3. cylinder (of a revolver)
4. a box to hold cookies in

Synonyms

• (music instrument): drum, trom, bong

Derived terms

• broodtrommel
• koektrommel
• verbandtrommel
• trommelrem
• trommelstok
• trommelvlies

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

1. inflection of trommelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• rommelt

French

Noun

trommel m (plural trommels)

1. trommel

Further reading

• “trommel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

trommel

1. inflection of trommeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Trommel.

Noun

trommel m (definite singular trommelen, indefinite plural tromler, definite plural tromlene)

1. a drum (e.g. brake drum, cable drum, rotating cylinder)

Derived terms

• tørketrommel

Related terms

• tromme

References

• “trommel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Trommel.

Noun

trommel m (definite singular trommelen, indefinite plural tromlar, definite plural tromlane)

1. a drum (e.g. brake drum, cable drum, rotating cylinder)

Derived terms

• tørketrommel

Related terms

• tromme

References

• “trommel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.