SARRUSOPHONE

Meaning of SARRUSOPHONE in English

[ sə'rʌsəfəʊn ]

■ noun a member of a family of wind instruments similar to saxophones but with a double reed.

Origin

C19: from the name of a French bandmaster W. Sarrus + -phone .

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SARRUSOPHONE — səˈrüzəˌfōn, -ˈrəsə- noun Etymology: Sarrus, 19th century French bandmaster + -o- + -phone : a metal wind instrument with a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SARRUSOPHONE — — sarrusophonist , n. /seuh rooh"zeuh fohn', -rus"euh-/ , n. a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SARRUSOPHONE — n. a metal wind instrument played with a double reed like an oboe. [Sarrus, 19th-c. Fr. inventor]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SARRUSOPHONE — n. a metal wind instrument played with a double reed like an oboe. [ Sarrus, 19th-c. Fr. inventor ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SARRUSOPHONE — n. a metal wind instrument played with a double reed like an oboe. Etymology: Sarrus, 19th-c. Fr. inventor
Oxford English vocab
SARRUSOPHONIST — noun see sarrusophone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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