gramophone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A record player.
noun
  1. A Grammy.

Pronunciation

grămʹ-ə-fōn' [ˈɡɹæ.məˌfəʊn] [ˈɡɹæ.məˌfoʊn] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-gramophone.wav

Word forms

gramophone gramophones

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. 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”).

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