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My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!
Samuel Lover

Meaning of "ear trumpet" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EAR TRUMPET

ear trumpet play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EAR TRUMPET

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Ear trumpet is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EAR TRUMPET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ear trumpet

Ear trumpets are tubular or funnel-shaped devices which collect sound waves and lead them into the ear. They serve as hearing aids, resulting in a strengthening of the sound energy impact to the eardrum and thus a better hearing for a reduced or decreased hearing individual. Ear trumpets were made of sheet metal, silver, wood, snail shells or animal horns.

Definition of ear trumpet in the English dictionary

The definition of ear trumpet in the dictionary is a trumpet-shaped instrument that amplifies sounds and is held to the ear: an old form of hearing aid.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EAR TRUMPET

ear
ear infection
ear lobe
ear piercing
ear shell
ear stopper
ear-grabbing
ear-piercing
ear-splitting
ear-stone
ear, nose and throat department
ear, nose and throat specialist
earache
earball
earbash
earbasher
earbashing
earbob
earbud
earcon

WORDS THAT END LIKE EAR TRUMPET

a piece of crumpet
Bach trumpet
blow one´s own trumpet
carpet
crampet
crumpet
drapet
limpet
muppet
not worth a crumpet
on the carpet
pet
puppet
red carpet
snippet
speaking trumpet
strumpet
tapet
trumpet
whippet

Synonyms and antonyms of ear trumpet in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ear trumpet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EAR TRUMPET

Find out the translation of ear trumpet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ear trumpet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ear trumpet» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

耳小号
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trompetilla
570 millions of speakers

English

ear trumpet
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कान तुरही
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأذن البوق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ухо труба
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corneta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কান ট্রানগেট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cornet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sangkakala telinga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hörrohr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

耳のトランペット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

귀 나팔
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kuping trompèt
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tai trumpet
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காது எக்காளம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कानाचा टंकण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kulak borusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tromba orecchio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trąbka ucho
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вухо труба
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ureche trompeta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρομπέτα αυτί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oor basuin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

öra trumpet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

øret trompet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ear trumpet

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The term «ear trumpet» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.537 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ear trumpet

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QUOTES WITH «EAR TRUMPET»

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Samuel Lover
My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EAR TRUMPET»

Discover the use of ear trumpet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ear trumpet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Beethoven for Kids
How does the ear trumpet work? Sound travels through the air as vibrations, called “sound waves.” Your outer ear is pointed forward and collects these sound waves. Your outer ear also helps you tell from which direction a sound is coming.
Helen Bauer, 2011
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
NEW EAR TRUMPET. THE PARSON S VISITOR, A Lyrical Ballad. He in gay. Mr Editor, Havino taken in your very superior Miscellany, from its earliest day to the present, I know you as the friend of man. Upon this ground, I am confident that ...
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The Medical Examiner: A Monthly Record of Medical Science
cedar; the extremity which is to be applied to the chest, is hollowed into the form of a cone, the apex of which terminates in the tube, and, of course, serves as an ear trumpet to conduct the sounds. The substance of the tube, although a ...
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Textbook of Hearing Aid Amplification
The 20th century has seen the emergenc of many technologies related to the amplification of sound for the listener with hearing impairment. These technologies have ranged from a turn-of-the-century, nonelectric ear trumpet to the fully digital ...
Robert E. Sandlin, 2000
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An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text ...
And, since such a form is also favorable for collecting distinct sounds into one point, the same figure is proposed as most suitable for the Ear Trumpet. But the sound of these instruments may be regarded as merely the longitudinal vibration  ...
Denison Olmsted, 1832
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The Supplement to the Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for ...
EAR-TRUMPET, an instrument employed to aid defective hearing, by collecting and concentrating the waves of sound, so that they may impinge upon the tympanum with increased force. From what is stated under Speaking-Trumpet, P. C, p.
George Long, 1845
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The Edinburgh monthly magazine [afterw.] Blackwood's ...
I applied in every quarter, including his Majesty's Aunst, for the most improved ear- trumpet. From none of these instruments was the most trivial benefit derived. My thoughts being much employed upon the subject, it occurred to me that every  ...
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The British cyclopaedia of the arts, sciences, history, ...
Ear-trumpet. The mode of constructing a trumpet for the purpose of conveying sounds to a distance was well known to the ancients. Its invention is, however, usually ascribed to Sir Samuel Morland, who called it the tuba Stentorophonica.
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Atheneum, Or, Spirit of the English Magazines
I applied in every quarter, including his Majesty's Aurist, for the most approved ear-trumpet. From none of these instruments was the most trivial benefit derived. My thoughts being much employed upon the subject, it occurred to me that every  ...
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The art of improving the voice and ear; and of increasing ...
For the same reason, the ear-trumpet should be formed as nearly as possible in a straight line ; though for the sake of convenience, we have to deviate from this principle and bend the tube into the segment of a circle, by which some degree of  ...
James Rennie (surgeon.), 1825

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EAR TRUMPET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ear trumpet is used in the context of the following news items.
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Trouble hearing, seeing and remembering, but otherwise Bill OK
Pass the ear trumpet. The Daily Telegraph yesterday afternoon: In an embarrassing blunder, Labor supported the creation of the Border Force ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
2
Fun for families in store at 2015's Hat Fair
At Pilgrims' School Lawn, Gobbledegook Theatre will be inviting audiences to take up an ear trumpet and listen to some surprising sounds ... «Basingstoke Gazette, Jun 15»
3
FIFA's books were signed off for 16 years... now the heat is on the …
UK Athletics need an ear trumpet, too, if a deeply unimpressive performance by performance director Neil Black and chief executive Niels de ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
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Weekend preview: At Luna Star, what's old is new and still old again
So one of the co-stars of the evening at Luna Star will be the condenser microphone that Meyer (a serious audiophile) found at Ear Trumpet ... «SouthFlorida.com, Jun 15»
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Review: Peploe's is a staple on the business lunch circuit and you …
You'd kill for an ear trumpet (surely Google is working on something) to amplify the mumbles from the more discreet half of the conversation. «Irish Times, May 15»
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Zaha Hadid's modernist library inspires shock and awe in Oxford
“A giant ear trumpet,” said another. “No, a crashed airplane” – and so on. Seen from Woodstock Road – calm, leafy, classic Inspector Morse ... «The Independent, May 15»
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City Encounters takes off as festival begins
... roll songs, a tribute to the star partnership of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, Goobledegook Theatre: Ear Trumpet and a deluxe bee hive. «Salisbury Journal, May 15»
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Brighton Festival: Ear Trumpet, Queen's Park, Brighton, Saturday …
Gobbledegook Theatre's piece was based around a hugely entertaining and intelligent idea. What if the floor we stood on sang? The audience ... «The Argus, May 15»
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Guardian Shorts: Science that Changed the World by Tim Radford …
... large: National Geographic magazine at the time described the US receiver at Andover in Maine as 'the world's largest ear trumpet.' But the ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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Michael Coveney: Will Mike Leigh's Pirates save the ENO?
... with a limp and an ear trumpet (very Mike Leigh) and Robert Murray as the heroic Frederic once he finds his happier (and upper) register. «WhatsOnStage.com, May 15»

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