- gramophone
- noun Etymology: from Gramophone, a trademark Date: 1887 phonograph
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gramophone — [ gramɔfɔn ] n. m. • 1901; angl. grammophone (1887); n. déposé; p. ê. par inversion de phonogramme ♦ Anciennt Phonographe à disques. « de nouveaux disques pour mon gramophone » (Maurois). ● gramophone nom masculin (anglais gramophone) Ancien… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Gramophone — might refer to:* The British English term for U.S. English phonograph , the first device for recording and replaying sound. The two names were originally those used by rival manufacturers * Gramophone record, a disc shaped analogue sound… … Wikipedia
Gramophone — ist eine britische Zeitschrift für klassische Musik aus dem Hause Haymarket, angesiedelt in London. Sie wurde 1923 von Compton Mackenzie gegründet. Früher nannte sie sich The world s best classical music magazine , jetzt ist man auf den… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Gramophone — (граммофон) английский ежемесячный журнал о классической музыке. Основан в 1923 г. писателем Комптоном Маккензи и Кристофером Стоуном (впоследствии известным радиоведущим). Считается одним из наиболее влиятельных изданий этого рода в… … Википедия
Gramophone — 1887, trademark by German born U.S. inventor Emil Berliner (1851 1929), an inversion of phonogram (1884) the tracing made by a phonograph needle, coined from Gk. phone voice, sound (see FAME (Cf. fame)) + gramma something written (see GRAMMAR (Cf … Etymology dictionary
Gramophone — Gram o*phone, n. [Gr. ? a thing drawn or written (fr. ? write) + phone, as in telephone. Originally a trademark.] An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducing sounds, the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched in some solid… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gramophone — ► NOUN dated, chiefly Brit. ▪ a record player. ORIGIN formed by inversion of elements of phonogram «sound recording» … English terms dictionary
gramophone — ☆ gramophone [gram′ə fōn΄ ] n. [so named (1887) by E. Berliner, U.S. inventor, by arbitrary inversion of PHONOGRAM] now chiefly Brit. var. of PHONOGRAPH … English World dictionary
Gramophone — Un gramophone est un appareil ancien permettant de jouer un morceau de musique enregistré sur un disque phonographique. Il a été breveté par Émile Berliner. Ce nom, qui est à l origine une marque déposée, est parfois utilisé abusivement pour… … Wikipédia en Français
gramophone — [[t]græ̱məfoʊn[/t]] gramophones N COUNT A gramophone is an old fashioned type of record player. [mainly BRIT] ...a wind up gramophone with a big horn. ...gramophone records. Syn: record player (in AM, usually use phonograph) … English dictionary
gramophone — UK [ˈɡræməˌfəʊn] / US [ˈɡræməˌfoʊn] noun [countable] Word forms gramophone : singular gramophone plural gramophones old fashioned a record player … English dictionary
