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saxophonist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌsækˈsɒ.fə.nɪst/
  • US: /ˈsæk.səˌfoʊn.ɪst/
  • US: /ˌsækˈsɑ.fə.nɪst/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S AE1 K S AH0 F OW2 N IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who owns, plays or practices with the saxophone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a musician who plays the saxophone

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: saxist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: musician, instrumentalist, player

Narrower terms: alto saxophonist, altoist, tenor saxophonist, tenorist, Hawkins, Coleman Hawkins, Parker, Charlie Parker, Yardbird Parker, Bird Parker, Charles Christopher Parker, Young, Pres Young, Lester Willis Young

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English saxophone Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English saxophonist From saxophone + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սաքսոֆոնահար (sakʻsofonahar) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Belarusian: саксафаніст (saksafanist) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Belarusian: саксафаністка (saksafanistka) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Bulgarian: саксофони́ст (saksofoníst) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Bulgarian: саксофони́стка (saksofonístka) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Catalan: saxofonista — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Czech: saxofonista — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Czech: saxofonistka — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Danish: saxofonist — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Dutch: saxofoonspeler — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Dutch: saxofoonspeelster — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Dutch: saxofonist — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Dutch: saxofoniste — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Estonian: saksofonimängija — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Estonian: saksofonist — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Finnish: saksofonisti — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Finnish: fonisti — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • French: saxophoniste — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Galician: saxofonista — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Georgian: საქსოფონისტი (saksoponisṭi) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • German: Saxophonist — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • German: Saxophonistin — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Greek: σαξοφωνίστας (saxofonístas) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Greek: σαξοφωνίστρια (saxofonístria) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Hungarian: szaxofonos — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Irish: sacsafónaí — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Italian: sassofonista — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Italian: saxofonista — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Kazakh: саксофоншы (saksofonşy) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Latin: saxophonista — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Latin: saxophonistus — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Latvian: saksofonists — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Latvian: saksofoniste — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Lithuanian: saksofònininkas — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Lithuanian: saksofònininkė — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Lithuanian: saksofoni̇̀stas — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Lithuanian: saksofoni̇̀stė — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Macedonian: саксофонист (saksofonist) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Macedonian: саксофонистка (saksofonistka) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Norwegian Bokmål: saksofonist — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: saksofonist — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Polish: saksofonista — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Polish: saksofonistka — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Portuguese: saxofonista — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Romanian: saxofonist — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Romanian: saxofonistă — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Russian: саксофони́ст (saksofoníst) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Russian: саксофони́стка (saksofonístka) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Slovak: saxofonista — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Slovak: saxofonistka — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Spanish: saxofonista — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Swedish: saxofonist — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Turkish: saksofoncu — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Ukrainian: саксофоні́ст (saksofoníst) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Ukrainian: саксофоні́стка (saksofonístka) — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
  • Uzbek: saksofonchi — person who plays or practices with the saxophone
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