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):

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• Rhymes: -æməfəʊn
• Hyphenation: gra‧mo‧phone

Noun

gramophone (plural gramophones)

1. (British, dated) A record player.

Synonyms

• phonograph (North America)

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)

1. gramophone

   Synonym: phonographe

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: грамофон (gramofon)

Further reading

• “gramophone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.