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noun
- (musici) A single reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards
Translations: - Dutch: saxofoon
- French: saxophone(fr)m
- German: Saxophon(de)n
- Spanish: saxofón , saxófono
Etymology: A combination of the surname of its inventor w:Adolphe Sax, Adolphe Sax (1814"1894) + a connecting 'o' to make the word pronounceable + the English affix "phone", from Greek (fÅná, 'voice').
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