fonocaptor
Spanish, noun[fonokapˈt̪oɾ]
fonocaptor is spelled F-O-N-O-C-A-P-T-O-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Spanish, the 335,022nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fonocaptor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pickup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aparato que, aplicado a un disco de gramófono, permite reproducir electrónicamente las vibraciones inscritas…”.
What does fonocaptor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepickup
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aparato que, aplicado a un disco de gramófono, permite reproducir electrónicamente las vibraciones inscritas en el disco.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fonocaptor
- fonocaptores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fonocaptor?
- [fonokapˈt̪oɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fonocaptor in Spanish?
fonocaptor appears about once in every 95 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).