"bigophone" meaning in All languages combined

See bigophone on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bigophones [plural]
Etymology: From Bigot + -phone (after its French inventor Romain Bigot). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Bigot|phone}} Bigot + -phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} bigophone (plural bigophones)
  1. (music) Any of a series of cheap musical instruments, made to resemble orchestral instruments, that were blown in the manner of a kazoo Categories (topical): Musical instruments Translations (Translations): bigophone [masculine] (French), bigotphone [masculine] (French), bigofono [masculine] (Italian)

Noun [French]

IPA: /bi.ɡɔ.fɔn/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-bigophone.wav Forms: bigophones [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} bigophone m (plural bigophones)
  1. (music) bigophone Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Musical instruments
    Sense id: en-bigophone-fr-noun-c0CUr5oF Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (France, slang) telephone Tags: France, masculine, slang
    Sense id: en-bigophone-fr-noun-czlyUVmJ Categories (other): French French
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bigophonique, bigophoniste

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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