saxophonist

See also: Saxophonist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English saxophone

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English saxophonist

From saxophone + -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsækˈsɒ.fə.nɪst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsæk.səˌfoʊn.ɪst/, /ˌsækˈsɑ.fə.nɪst/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

saxophonist (plural saxophonists)

1. A person who owns, plays or practices with the saxophone.
   • 2021 December 29, “Network News: Music train for dementia sufferers”, in RAIL, number 947, page 19:

     They enjoyed music from a live saxophonist during the journey before visiting Braintree Town Hall for refreshments and Christmas cake.

Hyponyms

• alto saxophonist
• baritone saxophonist
• bass saxophonist
• contrabass saxophonist
• sopranino saxophonist
• sopranissimo saxophonist
• soprano saxophonist
• soprillo saxophonist
• subcontrabass saxophonist
• tenor saxophonist

Translations

person who plays or practices with the saxophone

• Armenian: սաքսոֆոնահար (sakʻsofonahar)
• Belarusian: саксафаніст m (saksafanist), саксафаністка f (saksafanistka)
• Bulgarian: саксофони́ст m (saksofoníst), саксофони́стка f (saksofonístka)
• Catalan: saxofonista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: saxofonista m, saxofonistka f
• Danish: saxofonist c
• Dutch: saxofoonspeler m, saxofoonspeelster f, saxofonist (nl) m, saxofoniste (nl) f
• Estonian: saksofonimängija, saksofonist
• Finnish: saksofonisti (fi); fonisti (fi) (informal)
• French: saxophoniste (fr) m or f
• Galician: saxofonista (gl) m or f
• Georgian: საქსოფონისტი (saksoponisṭi)
• German: Saxophonist (de) m, Saxophonistin (de) f
• Greek: σαξοφωνίστας (el) m (saxofonístas), σαξοφωνίστρια (el) f (saxofonístria)
• Hungarian: szaxofonos (hu)
• Irish: sacsafónaí m
• Italian: sassofonista (it), saxofonista (it)
• Japanese: サクソフォニスト (ja) (sakusofonisuto)
• Kazakh: саксофоншы (saksofonšı)
• Korean: 색소포니스트 (saeksoponiseuteu)
• Latin: saxophonista f, saxophonistus m
• Latvian: saksofonists m, saksofoniste f
• Lithuanian: saksofònininkas m, saksofònininkė f, saksofoni̇̀stas m, saksofoni̇̀stė f
• Macedonian: саксофонист m (saksofonist), саксофонистка f (saksofonistka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: saksofonist m

  Nynorsk: saksofonist m

• Polish: saksofonista (pl) m, saksofonistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: saxofonista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: saxofonist (ro) m, saxofonistă f
• Russian: саксофони́ст (ru) m (saksofoníst), саксофони́стка (ru) f (saksofonístka)
• Slovak: saxofonista m, saxofonistka f
• Spanish: saxofonista m or f
• Swedish: saxofonist (sv) c
• Turkish: saksofoncu (tr)
• Ukrainian: саксофоні́ст m (saksofoníst), саксофоні́стка f (saksofonístka)
• Uzbek: saksofonchi