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gramophone

UK/'græmәfәun/US
C2

Definitions

n.

An old-fashioned record player that plays sound from a flat disc

留声机

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
gramo-letter, writing, record
+
phonesound, voice
=gramophone

gramo- (from Greek gramma, 'written/recorded') + phōnē (sound) = a machine that plays back recorded sound. The name was coined by reversing the elements of 'phonogram.' Largely historical now.

Root phon still carries 13 more words

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Her grandmother still keeps an old gramophone in the attic.

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