phonograph recording
- noun
- /ˈfoʊnəˌɡræf rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ/
- Archaic
:
grabación de fonógrafo
- At the exhibition, visitors were fascinated by the nostalgic sound of a phonograph recording being played.
Examples
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She enjoyed listening to her grandmother's old phonograph recordings of classic jazz music.
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The museum displayed a vintage phonograph recording from the early 20th century.
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One donor sends some phonograph recordings to add to the collection.
Academic text (1997) -
Perhaps it was the era of the long-playing phonograph recording that placed unreasonable restrictions on opera.
Academic text (1997) -
Dixon also took along phonograph recordings of brief speeches by President Woodrow Wilson, Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, and Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs Franklin Abbott.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
863
3.5
A flat disc used to play music on a turntable
283
1.5
A saved audio or video file you can play
35
5.5
A large vinyl record used to play music on a record player
20
2.6
A flat round object that holds recorded music for a record player
14
2.3
A saved sound like a file or tape of speech and music
9
3.2
A saved copy of voices, music, or other noises you can play back
7
7.4
A record you play on a turntable
5
8.2
An item like a record or CD that holds recorded sound for playing
4
3.2
A flat round plastic disc that people play on a turntable to hear music
1
6.6
A flat round disc with a groove that stores music and is played on a turntable
A flat disk used to make and play sound on an old record player
How Clear
- Specialized
1
5.2
- Specialized
1
6.7
- Archaic
20
1.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'phonograph' (a device that plays records) combined with 'recording' (a saved sound); together they denote a recording associated with a phonograph. This follows a regular noun–noun compounding pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Phonograph recording comes from the idea of 'writing' sound: phono means 'sound' and graph means 'to write', and early machines actually scratched a groove in a disk to 'write' music with a needle. That's why phonograph recording today means a physical disk you play to hear recorded 'sound'.