saxophone

Meaning

Noun

• A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.

Origin

• Borrowed from French saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–1894) + -o- + -phone, from Ancient Greek φωνή ("voice"). The first element surname is a variant of the German Sachs.