sousafone
Portuguese, noun/ˌso(w).zaˈfõ.ni/
sousafone is spelled S-O-U-S-A-F-O-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese, the 236,506th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sousafone is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sousaphone (a brass instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande aerofone de campana voltada para frente e acima da cabeça do músico, de pistos, e tubo em uma volta…”.
What does sousafone mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesousaphone (a brass instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande aerofone de campana voltada para frente e acima da cabeça do músico, de pistos, e tubo em uma volta que se dispõem em torno do músico
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sousafone
- sousafones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sousafone?
- Brazil /ˌso(w).zaˈfõ.ni/
- Brazil [ˌso(ʊ̯).zaˈfõ.ni]
- Portugal /ˌso(w).zɐˈfɔ.nɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sousafone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sousafone in Portuguese?
sousafone appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).