# gramophone

> English word · Noun · IPA [ˈɡɹæ.məˌfəʊn] · frequency rank #41,653

## Definitions
1. A record player.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)
English Gramophoneder.
English gramophone
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”).

## Common misspellings (15)
`garmophone`, `ggramophone`, `grammophone`, `gramohpone`, `gramophhone`, `gramophnoe`, `gramophoen`, `gramophonne`, `gramopohne`, `gramopphone`, `grampohone`, `graomphone`, `grmaophone`, `grramophone`, `rgamophone`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gramophone