magnetophone

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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)

  1. (dated) A tape recorder (device using magnetic tape as a storage medium). [from ca. 1940s]
  2. (dated) An electromagnetic microphone. [late 19th–mid-20th c.]