English Explanatory Dictionary

magnetophone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tape recorder (device using magnetic tape as a storage medium).
  2. An electromagnetic microphone.

Word forms

magnetophone magnetophones

Etymology

From magneto- + -phone. The sense “tape recorder” is probably a semantic loan from German Magnetophon (modern spelling Magnetofon), which was initially a brand name).

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