gramophone

See also: Gramophone

English

Etymology

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Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.

Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́

Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)

English Gramophoneder.

English gramophone

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. (UK, dated) A record player.

Synonyms

• phonograph (North America)

Derived terms

• gramophone record
• gramophonic
• gramophonist
• gramophony
• radiogram
• radiogramophone

Translations

record player — see record player

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “gramophone”, in The Century Dictionary […], 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