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Saxophone

//ˈsæksəfoʊn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.

    "I played the saxophone in high school."

  2. 2
    a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone who plays the saxophone; a saxophonist.

    "The saxophones typically sit behind the flutes in a concert band."

Verb
  1. 1
    To play the saxophone.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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