Gramophone

Origin

From Gramophone ("a trademark"), coined by Emile Berliner after the invention of the first phonograph, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (gramma, "letter") and φωνή (fone, "sound").

Full definition of gramophone

Noun

1. (British, dated) A historic wind-up record player that acoustically reproduces sound from a disk rather than a cylinder record.

Synonyms

• phonograph North America