gramophone
gra·mo·phone[ˈɡɹæ.məˌfoʊn]noun
gramophone is spelled G-R-A-M-O-P-H-O-N-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables (gra·mo·phone). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gramophone means “A record player” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gramophone is gramophones.
How many letters and syllables are in gramophone?
| Letters | 10: G-R-A-M-O-P-H-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: gra·mo·phone |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is gramophone?
Gramophone appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gramophone?
- UK [ˈɡɹæ.məˌfəʊn]
- US [ˈɡɹæ.məˌfoʊn]
Gramophone has 3 syllables, split gra·mo·phone in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-gramophone.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gramophone
- gramophones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gramophone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKdatedA record player.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA Grammy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gramophone come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).