magnetophone
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See also: magnétophone
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From magneto- + -phone. The sense “tape recorder” is probably a semantic loan from German Magnetophon (modern spelling Magnetofon), which was initially a brand name).
Noun[edit]
magnetophone (plural magnetophones)
- (dated) A tape recorder (device using magnetic tape as a storage medium). [from ca. 1940s]
- (dated) An electromagnetic microphone. [late 19th–mid-20th c.]