Sax Definition
săks
noun
A saxophone.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Short form of saxophone.
Wiktionary
A slate-cutter's hammer; slate-ax.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- Adolphe Sax
- saxophone
abbreviation
Saxon.
Webster's New World
Saxony.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Sax
Noun
Singular:
sax
Plural:
saxesOrigin of Sax
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From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger"), from Proto-Germanic *sahsÄ… (“rock, knife"), from Proto-Indo-European *sÁk-, *sek-, *sÄ“yk- (“to cut"). Cognate with North Frisian sax (“knife, sword"), Middle Dutch sas (“knife"), Middle Low German sax (“knife"), Middle High German sahs (“a knife"), Danish and Swedish sax (“a pair of scissors"), Icelandic sax (“a short heavy sword"), Latin secō (“cut"). See also Saxon, saw.
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From saxophone.
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