Translation
saxophone
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Word origin
Named after Adolphe Sax, its Belgian inventor, combined with the Greek phone ('sound').
- Origin
- French and Greek
- Root
- Sax + phōnē
- English cognates
- telephone, microphone
Grammar
Examples
banda .
My brother plays the saxophone in the school band.
.
He taught himself to play the saxophone.
profondo.
The saxophone has a warm, deep sound.
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