noun
Meaning 1
A record player.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gramophone
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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grămʹ-ə-fōn'
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UK: [ˈɡɹæ.məˌfəʊn]
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US: [ˈɡɹæ.məˌfoʊn]
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -æməfəʊn
noun
Meaning 2
A Grammy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: acoustic gramophone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: record player, phonograph
Narrower terms: Victrola
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma) Proto-Indo-European *bheh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *phōnā́ 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 Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma) Proto-Indo-European *bheh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *phōnā́ 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.
Real reading context