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Saxophone
Sax′o-phone
,Noun.
[A.A.J.
Sax
, the inventor (see Saxhorn
) + Gr. [GREEK] tone.] (Mus.)
A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.
Definition 2024
Saxophone
saxophone
saxophone
English
An alto saxophone.
Noun
saxophone (plural saxophones)
- (music) A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.
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Translations
a musical instrument of the woodwind family
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French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: saxophonent, saxophones
Noun
saxophone m (plural saxophones)
Verb
saxophone
- first-person singular present indicative of saxophoner
- third-person singular present indicative of saxophoner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of saxophoner
- third-person singular present subjunctive of saxophoner
- second-person singular imperative of saxophoner