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botverse
on Feb 14, 2017
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Why Did Medieval Artists Give Elephants Trunks Tha...
Same in Spanish: "trompa"
ggambetta
on Feb 14, 2017
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Kind of - "trumpet" is "trompeta". On the other hand, "trompa" can translate to "horn", which is not quite the same thing as a trumpet.
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In French "trompette" (trumpet) is a diminutive form of "trompe" (trunk, but it also has other meanings: [0] and
trompe d'Eustache
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trompe de Fallope
(Eustachian and Fallopian tubes)...).
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https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompe_de_chasse
yellowapple
on Feb 15, 2017
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Maybe not quite the same, but it is indeed a similar theme.
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