gramophone

gram·o·phone

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [gram-uh-fohn]
- /ˈgræm əˌfoʊn/
- /ˈɡræm.ə.fəʊn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gram-uh-fohn]
- /ˈgræm əˌfoʊn/

Definitions of gramophone word

noun gramophone a phonograph. 1
noun gramophone (British, dated) A historic wind-up record player that acoustically reproduces sound from a disk rather than a cylinder record. 1
noun gramophone early 20th-century record player 1
countable noun gramophone A gramophone is an old-fashioned type of record player. 0
noun gramophone a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record: now usually applied to the nearly obsolete type that uses a clockwork motor and acoustic horn 0
noun gramophone (as modifier) 0

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Origin of gramophone

First appearance:

before 1887

One of the 21% newest English words

First recorded in 1887; originally a trademark; apparently inversion of phonogram now obsolete name for a phonographic cylinder

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Parts of speech for Gramophone

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gramophone popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for gramophone

noun gramophone

phonograph — any sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs.
stereo — stereoscopic photography.
victrola — a gramophone
hi-fi — high fidelity.
sound system — equipment for playing music

All 9 Synonyms of gramophone