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

He called Alfred Hugenberg, a key political opponent, a “woof-woof,” and President Hindenburg a “gramophone record” who kept repeating himself.

From Salon

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 final spot could go to any number of films — “Napoleon” for its palaces, battlefields and French chateaus, “Saltburn” for that opulent titular estate, “Maestro” and its Bernsteinia, “The Color Purple” for its post-antebellum South and that giant gramophone, “Asteroid City” for Asteroid City, “The Zone of Interest” for its chilling re-creation of a beautiful estate in the shadow of Auschwitz.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• phonograph