gramophone
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek γράμμα (gramma, “letter”) and φωνή (fone, “sound”), coined by Emile Berliner after the invention of the first phonograph.
[edit] Noun
gramophone (plural gramophones)
- (UK, dated) A historic wind-up record player that acoustically reproduces sound from a disk rather than a cylinder record.
[edit] Synonyms
- phonograph (North America)
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[edit] Translations
record player
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[edit] References
- The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914