noun
Freq #23246
Meanings
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1
noun
an antique record player
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2
noun
A record player.
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3
noun
A Grammy.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
noun
· an antique record player
acoustic gramophone
2
noun
· a record player.
phonograph
Word family
Forms
gramophones
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”).