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gramophone

gra·mop·hone

UK/ˈɡɹæ.məˌfəʊn/ US/ˈɡɹæ.məˌfoʊn/ uncommon dated obsolete uk

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Origin

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”).

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