SOUSAPHONE

Meaning of SOUSAPHONE in English

/ ˈsuːzəfəʊn; NAmE -foʊn/ noun

a brass instrument like a tuba , used in marching bands in the US

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WORD ORIGIN

1920s: named after J. P. Sousa (1854-1932), the American composer and conductor, on the pattern of saxophone .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SOUSAPHONE — noun Etymology: John Philip Sousa Date: 1925 a large circular tuba that has a flared adjustable bell
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SOUSAPHONE — or helicon Spiral circular bass or contrabass tuba . Traditionally made of brass, it is now often made of fibreglass …
Английский словарь Британика
SOUSAPHONE — ˈsüzəˌfōn ˈsüsəˌ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: John P. Sousa died 1932 American bandmaster and composer + English -phone : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOUSAPHONE — — sousaphonist , n. /sooh"zeuh fohn', -seuh-/ , n. a form of bass tuba, similar to the helicon, used in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOUSAPHONE — noun Etymology: John Philip Sousa Date: 1925 : a large circular tuba that has a flared adjustable bell — compare …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOUSAPHONE — [ 'su:zəfəʊn ] ■ noun an American form of tuba with a wide bell pointing forward above the player's head. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOUSAPHONE — [sou.sa.phone] n [John Philip Sousa] (1925): a large circular tuba that has a flared adjustable bell--compare helicon
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOUSAPHONE — sousaphone BrE AmE ˈsuːz ə fəʊn AmE \ -foʊn ▷ sousaphone|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOUSAPHONE — n. a large brass bass wind instrument encircling the player's body. øøsousaphonist n. [J. P. Sousa, Amer. bandmaster d. 1932, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOUSAPHONE — n. a large brass bass wind instrument encircling the player's body. sousaphonist n. [ J. P. Sousa, Amer. bandmaster d. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOUSAPHONE — n. a large brass bass wind instrument encircling the player's body. Derivatives: sousaphonist n. Etymology: J. P. Sousa, Amer. bandmaster …
Oxford English vocab
SOUSAPHONE — [noun] [C] - a large tuba (= metal musical instrument played by blowing) with tubing which goes round the player's …
Cambridge English vocab
SOUSAPHONE — n. or helicon Spiral circular bass or contrabass tuba . Traditionally made of brass, it is now often made of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SOUSAPHONE — Synonyms and related words : alpenhorn, alphorn, althorn, alto horn, ballad horn, baritone, bass horn, brass choir, brass wind, brass-wind …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOUSAPHONE — сузафон (духовой инструмент)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOUSAPHONE — Туба
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SOUSAPHONE — n сузафон ( духовой инструмент )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SOUSAPHONE — (n) сузафон
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SOUSAPHONE — n сузафон ( духовой инструмент )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SOUSAPHONE — n сузафон ( духовой инструмент )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SOUSAPHONE — сузафон (духовой инструмент)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOUSAPHONE — n. Pronunciation: ' sü-z ə - ˌ f ō n, -s ə - Function: noun Etymology: John Philip Sousa Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TUBA — Deep-pitched valved brass instrument with a widely expanding conical bore. Tubas vary in size and pitch. The tubing is coiled …
Английский словарь Британика
SOUSA, JOHN PHILIP — born Nov. 6, 1854, Washington, D.C., U.S. died March 6, 1932, Reading, Pa. U.S. bandmaster and composer known as "The …
Английский словарь Британика
BRASS INSTRUMENT — Musical wind instrument, usually made of brass or other metal, in which the vibration of the player's lips against a …
Английский словарь Британика
TUBA — I. ˈtübə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Arabic ṭūbā blessed (found in Koran 13:28 and interpreted by various commentators as …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HELICON — /hel"i kon', -keuhn/ , n. a coiled tuba carried over the shoulder and used esp. in military bands. Cf. sousaphone …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HELICON — noun Etymology: probably from Greek helik-, helix + English -on (as in bombardon ); from its tube's forming a spiral …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HELICON — [hel.i.con] n [prob. fr. Gk helik-, helix + E -on (as in bombardon); from its tube's forming a spiral encircling …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TUBA — deep-pitched brass wind instrument with valves and wide conical bore. The word tuba originally was the name of a straight-built …
Britannica English vocabulary
HELICON — also called Sousaphone, a bass or contrabass tuba built in a spiral circular form and resting on the shoulder. It …
Britannica English vocabulary
SOUSA, JOHN PHILIP — born Nov. 6, 1854, Washington, D.C., U.S. died March 6, 1932, Reading, Pa. byname The March King American bandmaster and …
Britannica English vocabulary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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