"Saxophon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈzaksoˌfoːn/, /ˌzaksoˈfoːn/ (note: less often) Audio: De-Saxophon.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: 19th century, from French saxophone. Equivalent to the name Adolphe Sax + -o- + -fon, from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”). Etymology templates: {{bor|de|fr|saxophone}} French saxophone, {{suffix|de||-fon}} + -fon, {{der|de|grc|φωνή||voice}} Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Saxophon n (strong, genitive Saxophons, plural Saxophone) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Saxophons [genitive], Saxophone [plural], strong [table-tags], Saxophon [nominative, singular], Saxophone [definite, nominative, plural], Saxophons [genitive, singular], Saxophone [definite, genitive, plural], Saxophon [dative, singular], Saxophonen [dative, definite, plural], Saxophon [accusative, singular], Saxophone [accusative, definite, plural], Saxofon [alternative]
  1. saxophone Wikipedia link: Adolphe Sax Tags: neuter, strong Derived forms: Saxophonist

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    [
      "saxophone",
      "saxophone#French"
    ],
    [
      "-fon",
      "-fon#German"
    ],
    [
      "φωνή",
      "φωνή#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
    }
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    {
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Saxophone",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "definite",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Saxofon",
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      ]
    }
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    }
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        },
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        },
        {
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        },
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        },
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        }
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        }
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈzaksoˌfoːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌzaksoˈfoːn/",
      "note": "less often"
    },
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    [
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      "-fon",
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    ],
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    ]
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    },
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Saxofon",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "German terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "German terms derived from French",
        "German terms suffixed with -fon",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
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      "ipa": "/ˈzaksoˌfoːn/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˌzaksoˈfoːn/",
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    },
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      "tags": [
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}

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