gramophone

• Appareil acoustique ancien de reproduction du son, dans lequel le son d'une aiguille vibrante est amplifié sans électricité.

An early acoustic record player in which sound from a vibrating needle is amplified without the use of electricity.

1. Antique record playerB2formal

   An early device for playing recorded sound, where a vibrating needle amplifies sound acoustically from a rotating disc.

   Gramophone (phonographe à disque)

   • The museum displayed a vintage gramophone from the 1920s.
   • He wound up the gramophone and placed the needle on the record.
   • The soft crackling sound of the gramophone filled the room.

   Synonymesphonographrecord playerturntablevictrola