Meaning

2 senses
  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.

    Saxofon

    саксофо́нsaksofón

    саксофо́нsaksofón

    a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

  2. Someone who plays the saxophone; a saxophonist.

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

Examples

171 sentences
  1. Who did Tom give his old saxophone to?

    Кому Том віддав свій старий саксофон?

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  2. I didn't know Tom could play the saxophone.

    Я не знав, що Том уміє грати на саксофоні.

    ruЯ не знал, что Том умеет играть на саксофоне.

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  3. I wish I was better at playing the saxophone.

    Я хотів би вміти краще грати на саксофоні.

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  4. Tom plays the saxophone.

    Том грає на саксофоні.

    ruТом играет на саксофоне.

    deTom spielt Saxophon.

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  5. Can you play the saxophone?

    Ти вмієш грати на саксофоні?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a musical instrument of the woodwind family:
Русский
By meaning 1
a musical instrument of the woodwind family:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a musical instrument of the woodwind family:

Origin

Borrowed from French saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (

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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Forms

plural: saxophones
Singularsaxophone
Pluralsaxophones

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore:sax

Word family

17 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • play the saxophone
  • jazz saxophone player
  • the saxophone too
  • good jazz saxophone
  • playing the saxophone
  • saxophone as well
  • saxophone player
  • the saxophone as
  • jazz saxophone
  • old saxophone
  • new saxophone
  • saxophone teacher

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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