gramophone
See also: Gramophone
English
Etymology
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
- enPR: grămʹ-ə-fōn'
- (UK) IPA(key): [ˈɡɹæ.məˌfəʊn]
- (US) IPA(key): [ˈɡɹæ.məˌfoʊn]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -æməfəʊn
- Hyphenation: gra‧mo‧phone
Noun
gramophone (plural gramophones)
- (British, dated) A record player.
Synonyms
- phonograph (North America)
Derived terms
Translations
record player — see record player
References
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “gramophone”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes II (D–Hoon), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Further reading
- gramophone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From English gramophone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁa.mɔ.fɔn/
Noun
gramophone m (plural gramophones)
- gramophone
- Synonym: phonographe
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: грамофон (gramofon)
Further reading
- “gramophone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.