Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saxomaphone

/ˈsæk.sə.məˌfoʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sax-oma-phone
IPA: /ˈsæk.sə.məˌfoʊn/

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Humorous

Etymology

From saxophone + -ma-. Coined by American television and film writer Jon Vitti for "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily", a 1995 episode of American sitcom The Simpsons.

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

saxomaphones (plural)

Homonyms

saxamaphone

Questions

How do you pronounce saxomaphone?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsæk.sə.məˌfoʊn/.
What does saxomaphone mean?: saxophone
Where does saxomaphone come from?: From saxophone + -ma-. Coined by American television and film writer Jon Vitti for "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily", a 1995 episode of American sitcom The Simpsons.

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