Meanings
gramophone1
Gramophone2
- obsoleteA Grammy.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA record player.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
gramophone · noun
- Ancient Greekγράμμα (grámma)
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
- Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
- EnglishGramophone
- Englishgramophone
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”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Gramophone · noun
- Ancient Greekγράμμα (grámma)
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
- Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
- EnglishGramophone
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.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
gramophone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gramophone
“gramophone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gramophone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gramophone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gramophone.
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