radio-gramophone
- noun
- Archaic
:
radiofonógrafo
- The radio-gramophone provided both music from records and broadcasts in the 1950s.
Examples
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My grandparents still have an old radio-gramophone in their living room.
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I found an old radio-gramophone in the attic.
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He restored a vintage radio-gramophone as part of his antique collection.
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The radio-gramophone played all my favorite songs.
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My grandparents still have an old radio-gramophone in their living room.
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He restored a vintage radio-gramophone as part of his antique collection.
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The radio-gramophone provided both music from records and broadcasts in the 1950s.
Synonyms
A machine that has a radio and a record player in one box
How Old-Fashioned
- Archaic
8
9.2
- Archaic
17
3.9
42
1.5
7
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
radio-gramophone = radio + gramophone (transparent) = radio + gramophone
A direct compound of 'radio' + 'gramophone' whose meaning is the combined device; the relation is clear to learners familiar with the components.
Etymology
Radio-gramophone comes from joining radio and gramophone: radio originally meant 'ray' or 'beam', and gramophone mixes a part meaning 'record' with -phone meaning 'sound', like in telephone. So a radio-gramophone is a single machine that plays recorded music and also receives radio broadcasts.