See also:

• TRUMP (1) (O. Fr. trompe)

TRUMP (1) (O. Fr. trompe)  , originally the name of a musical See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument, of which " See also:

• TRUMPET (Fr. trompette, clairon; Ger. ,Trompete, Klarino, Trummet; Ital. tromba, trombetta, clarino)
• TRUMPET, SPEAKING AND HEARING

trumpet " is a diminutive; the See also:

• TERM

term is now chiefly used in the sense of the See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound of a trumpet, or a sound resembling it, such as is' made by an See also:

• ELEPHANT

elephant . It has been usually accepted that the Romanic forms (cf . Span. and See also:

• PORT

Port. trompa) represent a corruption of Latin See also:

• TUBA

tuba, See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand a distinct imitative or echoic origin is sometimes assigned . (2) In the sense of a playing card belonging to the suit which beats all other See also:

• CARDS, PLAYING

cards of other suits for the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period during which its See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank lasts, "See also:

• TRUMP (1) (O. Fr. trompe)

trump" is a corruption of " See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph." The name was first used of a See also:

• GAME

game of cards, also known as " See also:

• RUFF

ruff," which was the See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent of the See also:

• MODERN

modern game of See also:

• WHIST

whist . There are traces in See also:

• ENGLISH

English of an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early confusion with a term meaning to deceive or See also:

• TRICK

trick, cf . " trumpery," properly deceit, imposture, hence idle talk, See also:

• GOSSIP (from the O.E. godsibb, i.e. God, and sib, akin, standing in relation to)

gossip, now chiefly used as an See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective, worthless, trivial . This is an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French lromper, to deceive, which, according to the generally received explanation, meant " to See also:

• PLAY

play on the trumpet," se lromper de quelqu'un being See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to play with a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, hence to cheat .