different between bansuri vs saxophone

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ??????? (b??sur?); see there for more.

Noun

bansuri (plural bansuris)

1. (music) A bamboo transverse flute used in the classical music of North India.
   • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin 2014, p. 94:

     A cool breeze began to blow, carrying on it the undulating notes of a bansuri from some village downriver.

Translations

Anagrams

• Burians, Urbinas, burians

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–1894) + -o- + -phone (“phone”), from Ancient Greek ???? (ph?n?, “voice”). The first element surname is a variant of the German Sachs (“Saxon”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sæks?fo?n/

Noun

saxophone (plural saxophones)

1. (music) A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.

   Synonyms: sax, gobble-pipe, saxomaphone

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• saxophone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Wilson, R.M., and Reaney, Percy H., Dictionary of English Surnames, 3rd ed., Oxford University Press, 1995.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sak.s?.f?n/
• Homophones: saxophonent, saxophones

Noun

saxophone m (plural saxophones)

1. saxophone

Verb

saxophone

1. first-person singular present indicative of saxophoner
2. third-person singular present indicative of saxophoner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of saxophoner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of saxophoner
5. second-person singular imperative of saxophoner