Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sousaphonist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sousa-phon-ist
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who plays the sousaphone

Etymology

Etymology tree English sousaphone Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō 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 sousaphonist From sousaphone + -ist.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does sousaphonist mean?
Someone who plays the sousaphone
Where does sousaphonist come from?
Etymology tree English sousaphone Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō 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 sousaphonist From sousaphone + -ist.

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