saxophone

See also: Saxophone

English

An alto saxophone.

Etymology

Template:borrowing, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–1894) + (deprecated template usage) -o- + (deprecated template usage) -phone, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) φωνή (phōnḗ)

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈsæksəfoʊn/
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Noun

saxophone (plural saxophones)

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

Derived terms

• saxophonist
• sopranino saxophone
• soprano saxophone
• alto saxophone
• tenor saxophone
• baritone saxophone
• bass saxophone
• contra-bass saxophone

See also

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Translations

a musical instrument of the woodwind family

• Afrikaans: saxofoon
• Albanian: saksofon m
• Arabic: سَاكْسُفُون m (saksufūn)
• Armenian: սաքսոֆոն (sakʻsofon)
• Asturian: saxofón m
• Azeri: saksafon
• Basque: saxofoi
• Belarusian: саксафон m (saksafón)
• Bulgarian: саксофон (bg) m (saksofón)
• Catalan: saxòfon m, saxofon m
• Cherokee: ᎠᏤᎷᎯᏍᏗ (atseluhisdi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩克斯管／萨克斯管 (sàkèsīguǎn), 萨克斯管 (sàkèsīguǎn)

• Czech: saxofon m
• Danish: saxofon
• Dutch: saxofoon (nl)
• Esperanto: saksofono
• Finnish: saksofoni (fi)
• French: saxophone (fr) m
• Galician: saxofón (gl) m, saxo (gl) m
• German: Saxofon (de) n
• Greek: σαξόφωνο (el) n (saxófono)
• Hebrew: סקספון m (saksofón)
• Hungarian: szaxofon (hu)
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• Icelandic: saxófónn
• Indonesian: saksofon (id)
• Irish: sacsafón m
• Italian: sassofono (it) m
• Japanese: サクソフォン (sakusofon)
• Korean: 색소폰 (saeksopon)
• Latin: saxophonus m
• Latvian: saksofons m
• Malay: saksofon
• Maori: pūtohe
• Marathi: सॅक्सोफोन m (sǎksofona)
• Persian: ساکسوفون (fa) (sâksofon)
• Polish: saksofon (pl) m
• Portuguese: saxofone (pt) m
• Romanian: saxofon (ro) n
• Russian: саксофо́н (ru) m (saksofón)
• Serbo-Croatian: saksofon (sh) m, саксофон m
• Slovene: saksofon (sl) m
• Spanish: saxofón m, saxófono m
• Swahili: harimuni (sw), saksofoni
• Swedish: saxofon (sv)
• Tagalog: saksopon
• Turkish: saksafon (tr)
• Ukrainian: саксофон m (saksofón)
• Uzbek: saksofon
• Vietnamese: xacxô, xắc xô
• Yiddish: סאַקסאָפאָן m (sʼaqsʼápʼán)

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See also: saxophoné

French

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophones: saxophonent, saxophones

Verb

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of saxophoner
2. (deprecated template usage) third-person singular present indicative of saxophoner
3. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present subjunctive of saxophoner
4. (deprecated template usage) third-person singular present subjunctive of saxophoner
5. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular imperative of saxophoner