saxophone

Borrowed from French saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–1894) + -o- + -phone (“something that makes a sound”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”). The first element surname is a variant of the German Sachs (“Saxon”). Analyzable as Sax +‎ -o- +‎ -phone.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsæksəfoʊn/

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saxophone (plural saxophones)

1. A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.

   Synonyms: sax, gobble-pipe, saxomaphone

   I played the saxophone in high school.

2. Someone who plays the saxophone; a saxophonist.

   The saxophones typically sit behind the flutes in a concert band.

saxophone (third-person singular simple present saxophones, present participle saxophoning, simple past and past participle saxophoned)

1. To play the saxophone.

• Wilson, R.M., and Reaney, Percy H., Dictionary of English Surnames, 3rd ed., Oxford University Press, 1995.

• saxophone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Sax +‎ -o- +‎ -phone. Named after Adolphe Sax (1814–1894), its inventor.

• IPA^(key): /sak.sɔ.fɔn/

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• Homophones: saxophonent, saxophones

saxophone m (plural saxophones)

1. saxophone

• → English: saxophone
• → Spanish: saxofón

saxophone

1. inflection of saxophoner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “saxophone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.