Gramophone
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A record player. British, dated
- 2 A Grammy. obsolete
- 3 an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically wordnet
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More examples"The gramophone was born of Edison's brain."
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”).
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 Gramophone Originally the name of a brand of phonograph; coined from Ancient Greek roots by Emile Berliner after the invention of the first phonograph. See gramophone.