"saxophone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsæksəfoʊn/ [US] Audio: En-us-saxophone.ogg Forms: saxophones [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-|*bʰeh₂-|id2=speak}}, {{bor|en|fr|saxophone}} French saxophone, {{der|en|grc|φωνή||sound, voice}} Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”), {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{af|en|Sax|-o-|-phone}} Sax + -o- + -phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} saxophone (plural saxophones)
  1. A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards. Categories (topical): Woodwind instruments Synonyms: sax, gobble-pipe, saxomaphone Translations (a musical instrument of the woodwind family): saxofoon (Afrikaans), saksofon [masculine] (Albanian), سَاكْسُفُون (sāksufūn) [masculine] (Arabic), սաքսոֆոն (sakʻsofon) (Armenian), saxofón [masculine] (Asturian), saksafon (Azerbaijani), saxofoi (Basque), саксафо́н (saksafón) [masculine] (Belarusian), স্যাক্সোফোন (sêkśōphōn) (Bengali), саксофо́н (saksofón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဆက်ဆိုဟွန်း (hcakhcuihwan:) (Burmese), saxòfon [masculine] (Catalan), saxofon [masculine] (Catalan), ᎠᏤᎷᎯᏍᏗ (atseluhisdi) (Cherokee), 色士風 /色士风 (sik¹ si⁶ fung¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 薩克斯管 /萨克斯管 (sàkèsīguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 薩克斯風 /萨克斯风 (sàkèsīfēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 薩克斯 /萨克斯 (sàkèsī) (Chinese Mandarin), 薩克管 /萨克管 (sàkèguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), saxofon [masculine] (Czech), saxofon [common-gender] (Danish), saxofoon [masculine] (Dutch), saksofono (Esperanto), saksofon (Estonian), saksofoni (Finnish), saxophone [masculine] (French), saxofón [masculine] (Galician), saxo [masculine] (Galician), საქსოფონი (saksoponi) (Georgian), Saxofon [neuter] (German), σαξόφωνο (saxófono) [neuter] (Greek), סַקסוֹפוֹן (saksofón) [masculine] (Hebrew), सैक्सोफ़ोन (saiksofon) [masculine] (Hindi), सेक्सोफोन (seksophon) (Hindi), szaxofon (Hungarian), saxófónn (Icelandic), saksofon (Indonesian), sacsafón [masculine] (Irish), sassofono [masculine] (Italian), サクソフォン (sakusofon) (Japanese), саксофон (saksofon) (Kazakh), សាក់សូហ្វូន (saksoufoun) (Khmer), 색소폰 (saeksopon) (Korean), саксофон (saksofon) (Kyrgyz), saxophonus [masculine] (Latin), saksofons [masculine] (Latvian), saksofonas [masculine] (Lithuanian), саксофон (saksofon) [masculine] (Macedonian), saksofon (Malay), sassofonu [masculine] (Maltese), pūtohe (Maori), rehu kōkō (Maori), सॅक्सोफोन (sĕksophon) [masculine] (Marathi), саксофон (saksofon) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠰᠠᠻᠰᠣᠹᠣᠨ (saksofon) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), saksofon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), saksofon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ساکسوفون (sâksofon) (Persian), sassòfon [masculine] (Piedmontese), saksofon [masculine] (Polish), saxofone [masculine] (Portuguese), saxofon [neuter] (Romanian), саксофо́н (saksofón) [masculine] (Russian), са̏ксофо̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sȁksofōn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), saxofón [masculine] (Slovak), saksofon [masculine] (Slovene), saxofón [masculine] (Spanish), saxófono [masculine] (Spanish), saksofoni (Swahili), saxofon (Swedish), saksopon (Tagalog), саксофон (saksofon) (Tajik), แซ็กโซโฟน (sɛ́k-soo-foon) (Thai), saksafon (Turkish), saksofon (Turkmen), саксофо́н (saksofón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), saksofon (Uzbek), xacxô (Vietnamese), xắc xô (Vietnamese), סאַקסאָפֿאָן (saksofon) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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  2. Someone who plays the saxophone; a saxophonist.
    Sense id: en-saxophone-en-noun-uBidOam-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈsæksəfoʊn/ [US] Audio: En-us-saxophone.ogg Forms: saxophones [present, singular, third-person], saxophoning [participle, present], saxophoned [participle, past], saxophoned [past]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-|*bʰeh₂-|id2=speak}}, {{bor|en|fr|saxophone}} French saxophone, {{der|en|grc|φωνή||sound, voice}} Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”), {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{af|en|Sax|-o-|-phone}} Sax + -o- + -phone Head templates: {{en-verb}} saxophone (third-person singular simple present saxophones, present participle saxophoning, simple past and past participle saxophoned)
  1. To play the saxophone.
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis": "95 3 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Woodwind instruments",
          "orig": "en:Woodwind instruments",
          "parents": [
            "Wind instruments",
            "Musical instruments",
            "Music",
            "Tools",
            "Art",
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        {
          "text": "I played the saxophone in high school.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards."
      ],
      "id": "en-saxophone-en-noun-UnzBu9~8",
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ],
        [
          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ],
        [
          "woodwind",
          "woodwind"
        ],
        [
          "brass",
          "brass"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sax"
        },
        {
          "word": "gobble-pipe"
        },
        {
          "word": "saxomaphone"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "saxofoon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saksofon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "sāksufūn",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "سَاكْسُفُون"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "sakʻsofon",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "սաքսոֆոն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saxofón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "saksafon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "saxofoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "saksafón",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "саксафо́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "sêkśōphōn",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "স্যাক্সোফোন"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "saksofón",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "саксофо́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hcakhcuihwan:",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "ဆက်ဆိုဟွန်း"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saxòfon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saxofon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "atseluhisdi",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "ᎠᏤᎷᎯᏍᏗ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "sik¹ si⁶ fung¹",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "色士風 /色士风"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sàkèsīguǎn",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "薩克斯管 /萨克斯管"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sàkèsīfēng",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "薩克斯風 /萨克斯风"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sàkèsī",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "薩克斯 /萨克斯"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sàkèguǎn",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "薩克管 /萨克管"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saxofon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "saxofon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saxofoon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "saksofono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "saksofon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "saksofoni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saxophone"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saxofón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saxo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "saksoponi",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "საქსოფონი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Saxofon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "saxófono",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "σαξόφωνο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "saksofón",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "סַקסוֹפוֹן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "saiksofon",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "सैक्सोफ़ोन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "seksophon",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "सेक्सोफोन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "szaxofon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "saxófónn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "saksofon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sacsafón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sassofono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sakusofon",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "サクソフォン"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "saksofon",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "саксофон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "saksoufoun",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "សាក់សូហ្វូន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "saeksopon",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "색소폰"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "saksofon",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "саксофон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saxophonus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saksofons"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saksofonas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "saksofon",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "саксофон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "saksofon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sassofonu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "pūtohe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "rehu kōkō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "sĕksophon",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "सॅक्सोफोन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "saksofon",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "саксофон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "saksofon",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
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          "word": "ᠰᠠᠻᠰᠣᠹᠣᠨ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saksofon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saksofon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sâksofon",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "ساکسوفون"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Piedmontese",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sassòfon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saksofon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saxofone"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "saxofon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "saksofón",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "саксофо́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "са̏ксофо̄н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
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            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sȁksofōn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saxofón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saksofon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saxofón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saxófono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "saksofoni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "saxofon"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "saksopon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "saksofon",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "саксофон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sɛ́k-soo-foon",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "แซ็กโซโฟน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
          "word": "saksafon"
        },
        {
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      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
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      "word": "ᠰᠠᠻᠰᠣᠹᠣᠨ"
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      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
      "word": "ساکسوفون"
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      "lang": "Piedmontese",
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      "word": "sassòfon"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "saksofon"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
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      "word": "saxofone"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
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      "word": "саксофо́н"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
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      "word": "са̏ксофо̄н"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
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      "word": "sȁksofōn"
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      "word": "saxofón"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "saksofon"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
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      "word": "saxofón"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
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      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
      "word": "แซ็กโซโฟน"
    },
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      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
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    },
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a musical instrument of the woodwind family",
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