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phonogenic

phonogenic adjective: suited to audio recording, particularly to being on a phonograph record.

Adjective

phonogenic (comparative more phonogenic, superlative most phonogenic)

  1. (dated) Suited to audio recording, particularly to being on a phonograph record
    • Artur Rodzinski was a phonogenic conductor. He enjoyed making records, and this unquestionably was one of the reasons he made so many fine ones.1959, Records in Review: 1959, page 260

Forms of phonogenic

comparativemore phonogenic
superlativemost phonogenic

Origin of phonogenic

From phono- + -genic.

Questions about phonogenic

What does phonogenic mean?
Phonogenic means suited to audio recording, particularly to being on a phonograph record.
What part of speech is phonogenic?
Phonogenic is an adjective.

Words near phonogenic in the dictionary

  1. phonodeiks
  2. phonodisc
  3. phonodiscs
  4. phonofiddle
  5. phonofiddles
  6. phonogenic
  7. phonogram
  8. phonogramic
  9. phonogramically
  10. phonogrammatic
  11. phonogrammatical

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