gramophone
See also: Gramophone
English
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”).
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- phonograph (North America)
Translations
record player — see record player
References
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “gramophone”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes II (D–Hoon), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Further reading
- gramophone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From English gramophone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁa.mɔ.fɔn/
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: грамофон (gramofon)
Further reading
- “gramophone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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