sackbut
noun
sackbut is spelled S-A-C-K-B-U-T: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sackbut means “A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sackbut is sackbuts.
How many letters and syllables are in sackbut?
| Letters | 7: S-A-C-K-B-U-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sackbut?
Sackbut appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of sackbut
- sackbuts plural
- sacbut
- sackbutt
- sagbut
- shagbolt
- shakbusshe
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sackbut mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sackbut in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense brass instrument:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sacqueboute, sacquebute, saquebute |
| German | Posaune, Barockposaune, Renaissanceposaune, Sackbut |
| Portuguese | sacabuxa |
| Spanish | sacabuche |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sackbut come from?
From French sacqueboute, from Middle French sacquer (“to pull”) + bouter (“to push”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).