gramophone

Meaning

A record player.

Synonyms

acoustic gramophone

talking machine

cylinder phonograph

record-player

electrola

music disc

sound player

disk reproducer

electric phonograph

gramophone record

Frequency

23k
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈɡɹæ.məˌfəʊn]
Etymology

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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