Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

graphophone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables: grapho-phone
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An improvement on the phonograph, using a floating stylus to cut grooves into a wax-coated cardboard cylinder.

noun

An optical device for showing (or photographing) an image when projected upon the atmosphere as a screen.

Example Sentences

"And then I see that the grip she was carrying was one of them little graphophones."

Etymology

From graph + -o- + -phone.

Inflected Forms

graphophones (plural)

Questions

What does graphophone mean?: An improvement on the phonograph, using a floating stylus to cut grooves into a wax-coated cardboard cylinder.
Where does graphophone come from?: From graph + -o- + -phone.

How to pronounce graphophone

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