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See also: Gramophone
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the trademark Gramophone, coined by German-American inventor Emile Berliner in 1887 after the invention of the first phonograph, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “letter”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: grămʹ-ə-fōn'
- (UK) IPA(key): [ˈɡɹæ.məˌfəʊn]
- (US) IPA(key): [ˈɡɹæ.məˌfoʊn]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æməfəʊn
- Hyphenation: gra‧mo‧phone
Noun[edit]
gramophone (plural gramophones)
- (British, dated) A record player.
Synonyms[edit]
- phonograph (North America)
Translations[edit]
record player — see record player
References[edit]
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “gramophone”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume II (D–Hoon), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Further reading[edit]
- gramophone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English gramophone.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gramophone m (plural gramophones)
- gramophone
- Synonym: phonographe
Descendants[edit]
- → Bulgarian: грамофон (gramofon)
Further reading[edit]
- “gramophone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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