Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

daxophone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dax-o-phone
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An electric wooden experimental musical instrument, a kind of friction idiophone.

Etymology

From German Dachs (“badger”) (since it can generate animal sounds) and saxophone.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Dachs

Inflected Forms

daxophones (plural)

Derived Forms

daxophonist

Questions

What does daxophone mean?: An electric wooden experimental musical instrument, a kind of friction idiophone.
Where does daxophone come from?: It is traced to German.

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