phonograph
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програвач, патефон, грамофон
фонограф
Phonograph
A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archiveA device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
UK/ˈfəʊnəˌɡɹɑːf/US/ˈfoʊnəˌɡɹæf/
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Meaning
4 sensesA device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
(UK, historical)A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
Phonograph
фоно́графfonógraf
(Canada, US, historical)A record player.
(dated)A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.
More definitions
- machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically
Examples
3 sentencesWhen did you buy a phonograph?
I have to change the sapphire of my phonograph.
Compact discs have entirely taken the place of phonograph records.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
device that records or plays sound from cylinder records:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
device that records or plays sound from cylinder records:
Origin
From phono- + -graph.From phono- + -graph.
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Forms
plural: phonographs| Singular | phonograph |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsturntable:gramophonerecord player
cylinder player:talking phonograph
Close in meaning
- machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically:record player