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tuba¹
- /ˈtjuː.bə/ UK
- /ˈtu.bə/ US
Rhymes with -uːbə
Where it comes from
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.
noun tubas
- 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. One version of the large tuba, popular in marching bands, is called a sousaphone in honor of bandsman John Philip Sousa.
- A large reed stop in organs.
Similar: grunt-horn
tuba²
- /ˈtʊ.bə/
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin tuba.
noun tubas · tubae
- A tube or tubular organ. Compared with skulls of darwini, skulls of andium are smaller with shorter tooth rows (fig. 13), have less globular bullae that taper more gradually to the tubae, and a shorter, proportionately narrower rostrum with nasals usually relatively blunt behind and seldom projecting posteriorly far behind
- A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba. From the eleventh century onwards, the trumpets, which had till then been modelled on the Roman tubae with their straightforward and somewhat rough sound, began to grow longer and thinner as their bells widened.
tuba³
noun
- A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.
tuba⁴
- /tuˈbə/ US, UK
- /tuˈbaʔ/ Philippines
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Tagalog tuba.
noun
- A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap.
Tuba⁵
noun Tuba
- Abbreviation of bass tuba
Tuba⁶
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ibaloi Tuba. See that for more info.
proper noun
- A municipality of Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines.
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: grunt-horn
Translations
Talk about this word "tuba." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tuba. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tuba. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tuba "tuba." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tuba.Cite this
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title = {tuba},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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