sousaphone

English

Wikipedia

Man playing a sousaphone.

Etymology

Named after John Philip Sousa, the famous march composer and conductor, with the suffix -phone.

Noun

sousaphone (plural sousaphones)

1. (music) A valved brass instrument with the same length as a tuba, but shaped differently so that the bell is above the head, that the valves are situated directly in front of the musical instruments and a few inches above the waist, and that most of the weight rests on one shoulder.
   • 1990, Thomas D. Rossing, The Science of Sound‎, page 230

     One version of the large tuba, popular in marching bands, is called a sousaphone in honor of bandsman John Philip Sousa.

Derived terms

• sousaphonist

Translations

brass instrument

• Finnish: sousafoni (fi)
• French: soubassophone (fr)
• German: Sousafon, Sousaphon (de) n
• Hebrew: סוזאפון (he) m
• Irish: súsafón (ga) m

• Italian: susafono
• Japanese: スーザフォン (ja) (sūzafon)
• Korean: 소읏앞온어 (soeusaponeo)
• Spanish: susáfono
• Swedish: sousafon (sv)