English

Noun

phonograph ‎(plural phonographs)

1. Literally, a device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
2. (Britain, historical) A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
3. (Canada, US) Early term for a record player.
4. (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

• phonograph record

Translations

Verb

phonograph ‎(third-person singular simple present phonographs, present participle phonographing, simple past and past participle phonographed)

1. (transitive, dated) To record for playback by phonograph.
2. (transitive, dated) To transcribe into phonographic symbols.

External links

• phonograph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia