saxophone
English
/ˈsæksəfoʊn/
noun
Definitions
- (musical instruments) A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.
Etymology
Borrowed from French saxophone derived from Ancient Greek φωνή (sound, voice, tone, word).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φωνή
Gloss
sound, voice, tone, word
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
辞
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -phone English
- apophony English
- diaphonical English
- phonate English
- phono- English
- saxophonelike English
- saxophonic English
- saxophonist English
- saxophony English
- Franco- Latin
- radiophonia Latin
- radiophonum Latin
- Saxophon German
- fón Hungarian
- fono- Italian
- vibra Italian
- foon Dutch, Flemish
- Adolphe Sax (1814–1894) French
- apophonie French
- saxo French
- saxophone French
- saxophoner French
- w:Adolphe Sax French
- саксофо́н Russian
- фонология Russian
- fono- Spanish, Castilian
- Δημοφῶν Ancient Greek
- Καλλιφῶν Ancient Greek
- Κλειτοφῶν Ancient Greek
- Κλεοφῶν Ancient Greek
- Κτησιφῶν Ancient Greek
- Ξενοφῶν Ancient Greek
- κακοφωνία Ancient Greek
- συμφωνία Ancient Greek
- σύμφωνος Ancient Greek
- φωνέω Ancient Greek
- φωνή Ancient Greek
- φωνήεις Ancient Greek
- φωνίον Ancient Greek
- φωνίς Ancient Greek
- φωνομαχία Ancient Greek
- χαλκεόφωνος Ancient Greek
- χαλκόφωνος Ancient Greek
- χορδή Ancient Greek
- ἀντίφωνος Ancient Greek
- ἄφωνος Ancient Greek
- Ἀγλαοφῶν Ancient Greek
- Ἀντιφῶν Ancient Greek
- Ἀριστοφῶν Ancient Greek
- ἑτεροφωνία Ancient Greek
- Ἱεροφῶν Ancient Greek
- *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰoh₂neh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- -fon Norwegian Bokmål
- fono- Norwegian Bokmål
- fono- Portuguese
- サキソホン Japanese
- サクソフォン Japanese
- サクソフォーン Japanese
- -fon Norwegian Nynorsk
- fono- Norwegian Nynorsk
- sacsafón Irish
- fón Czech
- ساكسفون Arabic
- fon Serbo-Croatian
- fono- Catalan, Valencian
- fono- Galician
- τσαμπούνα Greek (modern)
- φωνή Greek (modern)
- saksafon Turkish
- 色士風 Chinese
- 薩克斯風 Chinese
- саксофон Macedonian
- *pʰōnā́ Proto-Hellenic