gramophone

[ gram-uh-fohn ]

noun

1. a phonograph.

gramophone

/ ˌɡræməˈfɒnɪk; ˈɡræməˌfəʊn /

noun

1. 1. Also calledacoustic 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 US and Canadian namephonograph
   2. ( as modifier )

      a gramophone record

2. the technique and practice of recording sound on disc

   the gramophone has made music widely available

Derived Forms

• gramophonic, adjective

Other Words From

• gram·o·phon·ic [gram-, uh, -, fon, -ik], gramo·phoni·cal adjective
• gramo·phoni·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of gramophone¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gramophone¹

C19: originally a trademark, perhaps based on an inversion of phonogram; see phono- , -gram

Example Sentences

The brand, named "His Master's Voice", was launched English composer Edward Elgar in 1921, selling gramophones, radios and popular music hall recordings.

From BBC

The original presenter was Franklin Engelmann, who played "a selection from the top shelf of current popular gramophone records".

From BBC

Nigerian Afrobeats giant Burna Boy was nominated in a total of four categories but did not walk away with a single golden gramophone.

From BBC

Some elements of the stage – like the gramophone in the middle – will remain the same.

From Seattle Times

The area was chock-full of things—not only books but old files, card catalogs, leather map tubes, gramophones and older news-box editions, dusty albums, photographs, and so on—displayed in glass.

From Literature

Related Words

• phonograph