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