"shofar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃəʊ̯fə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʃoʊ̯fɚ/ [General-American], /ˈʃoʊ̯fɑɹ/ [General-American], /ˈʃɔɪ̯fɚ/ (note: some Ashkenazim), /ˈʃaʊ̯fɔʁ/ (note: German Ashkenazim), /ˈʃɛɪ̯fɚ/ (note: some Lithuanian Ashkenazim), /ˈʃəɪ̯fɚ/ (note: some Lithuanian Ashkenazim) Forms: shofars [plural], shofroth [plural], shofarot [plural], shofaroth [plural]
Etymology: From the Hebrew שׁוֹפָר (shofár, “shofar”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|שׁוֹפָר||shofar|sc=Hebr|tr=shofár}} Hebrew שׁוֹפָר (shofár, “shofar”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|shofroth|shofarot|shofaroth}} shofar (plural shofars or shofroth or shofarot or shofaroth)
  1. (Judaism) A ram’s-horn trumpet. Wikipedia link: shofar Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism Synonyms: shophar Translations (ram’s-horn trumpet): شَبُّور (šabbūr) (Arabic), xofar [masculine] (Catalan), shofar [common-gender] (Danish), sjofar [masculine] (Dutch), chophar [masculine] (French), chofar [masculine] (French), shofar [masculine] (French), schofar [masculine] (French), shophar [masculine] (French), Schofar [masculine] (German), Schofarhorn [neuter] (German), Halljahrposaune [feminine] (German), Hallposaune [feminine] (German), שׁוֹפָר (shofár) [masculine] (Hebrew), sófár (Hungarian), shofar [masculine] (Italian), shofar (Malay), sjofar [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjofár [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), shofar [masculine] (Occitan), szofar [masculine] (Polish), szałfer [masculine] (Polish), shofar [masculine] (Portuguese), chofar [masculine] (Portuguese), шофа́р (šofár) [masculine] (Russian), shofar [masculine] (Spanish), shofar [common-gender] (Swedish), şofar (Turkish), şofar (Turkmen), שופֿר (shoyfer) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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      "roman": "shoyfer",
      "sense": "ram’s-horn trumpet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שופֿר"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shofar"
}

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