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Saxofon

An early medieval type of machete common with the Germanic peoplesAn early medieval type of machete common with the Germanic peoples.

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/sæks/

» Tom wanted to buy a soprano sax, but couldn't afford one.

Значення

значень: 3

(історичне)An early medieval type of machete common with the Germanic peoples.
A shade of colour similar to sky blue
(застаріле)A knife or sword; a dagger about 50 cm (20 inches) in length.

Ще визначення

a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)

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Tom wanted to buy a soprano sax, but couldn't afford one.
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Tom plays the tenor sax and Mary plays the alto sax.
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The baritone sax that Tom wanted to buy was way too expensive for him.
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Tom has a sax.
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I play the tenor sax.
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Походження

From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument fo

From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”), from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of seax and zax.

Clipping of saxe blue, from the name of the region of Saxony.

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