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sarrusophone
sar·ru·so·phone
/
səˈru
zəˌfoʊn, -ˈrʌs
ə-
/
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s
uh
-
roo
-z
uh
-fohn, -
ruhs
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uh
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noun
a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
Origin:
1870–75;
named after
Sarrus
(19th-century French bandmaster); see
-o-
,
-phone
Related forms
sar·ru·so·phon·ist,
noun
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sarrusophone
(səˈruːzəˌfəʊn)
—
n
a wind instrument resembling the oboe but made of brass
[C19: named after
Sarrus,
French bandmaster, who invented it (1856)]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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