saxophone

See also: Saxophone and saxophoné

English

An alto saxophone.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæksəfoʊn/

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Noun

saxophone (plural saxophones)

1. (music) 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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• alto saxophone
• baritone saxophone
• bass saxophone
• contra-bass saxophone

• saxophonist
• sopranino saxophone
• soprano saxophone
• tenor saxophone

Translations

a musical instrument of the woodwind family

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

  Cantonese: 色士風／色士风, 色士风 (sik¹ si⁶ fung¹)

  Mandarin: 薩克斯管／萨克斯管 (sàkèsīguǎn), 萨克斯管 (sàkèsīguǎn), 薩克斯風／萨克斯风 (zh) (sàkèsīfēng), 萨克斯风 (zh) (sàkèsīfēng), 薩克斯／萨克斯 (zh) (sàkèsī), 萨克斯 (zh) (sàkèsī), 薩克管／萨克管 (zh) (sàkèguǎn), 萨克管 (zh) (sàkèguǎn)

• Czech: saxofon (cs) m
• Danish: saxofon c
• 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) (saxóphono)
• Hebrew: סקספון m (saksofón)
• Hungarian: szaxofon (hu)
• Icelandic: saxófónn
• Indonesian: saksofon (id)
• Irish: sacsafón m
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• Italian: sassofono (it) m
• Japanese: サクソフォン (ja) (sakusofon)
• Korean: 색소폰 (saeksopon)
• Latin: saxophonus m
• Latvian: saksofons m
• Macedonian: саксофон m (saksofon)
• Malay: saksofon
• Maori: pūtohe, rehu kōkō
• Marathi: सॅक्सोफोन m (sĕksophon)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: saksofon (no) m

  Nynorsk: saksofon m

• 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: saksofoni
• Swedish: saxofon (sv)
• Tagalog: saksopon
• Turkish: saksafon (tr)
• Ukrainian: саксофо́н m (saksofón)
• Uzbek: saksofon (uz)
• Vietnamese: xacxô, xắc xô
• Yiddish: סאַקסאָפֿאָן m (saksofon)

Further reading

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References

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sak.sɔ.fɔn/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: saxophonent, saxophones

Noun

saxophone m (plural saxophones)

1. saxophone

Verb

saxophone

1. first-person singular present indicative of saxophoner
2. third-person singular present indicative of saxophoner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of saxophoner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of saxophoner
5. second-person singular imperative of saxophoner