phonograph
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See also: Phonograph
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/
Noun
phonograph (plural phonographs)
- A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
- (British, historical) A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
- (Canada, US, historical) A record player.
- 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Covici Friede:
- […] I've knew people that if they got a rag rug on the floor and a kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they're runnin' a parlor house.'
- (dated) A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.
Synonyms
- (cylinder player): talking phonograph
- (turntable): gramophone (British), record player
Derived terms
Translations
device that records or plays sound from cylinder records
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archaic record player — see record player
Verb
phonograph (third-person singular simple present phonographs, present participle phonographing, simple past and past participle phonographed)
- (transitive, dated) To record for playback by phonograph.
- (transitive, dated) To transcribe into phonographic symbols.
Further reading
phonograph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
