此設備最初於西元1890年代，由艾米爾‧柏林納(Emil Berliner)所發明，用於重製錄下來的聲音，由放黑膠唱片的唱盤、裝置在軸輸上的音箱(好讓唱片上的紋道指引唱針走向)，以及圓錐形的揚聲器組合而成。唱機的操作和「圓筒留聲機」類似，但並非使用鼓，而是有著螺旋狀紋道的扁平圓盤；當唱片在唱盤上面轉動時，一支唱針就憩置於唱片紋道上，而振動則是由不規則的紋道，傳輸到唱針，然後轉化為聲波。最早期的唱機也用空白的唱盤來裁切唱片。若是指西元1950年代起，開始使用的類似裝置，於更現代的高保真乙烯基唱片上，運用電子將錄好的聲音揚聲，則使用「電唱機」。

留聲機(圓盤式)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
唱機(圓盤式)　(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
liu sheng chi(P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
liú shēng jī(P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
liu sheng ji(P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
gramophones(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,PN)
gramophone(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
grammophone(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
Gramophones(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....物件層面
........裝備與設備
............工具與設備 (層級名)
................設備
....................<依程序區分之設備>
........................<聲音傳播及複製設備>
............................音頻設備
................................留聲機 (筒式)
....................................留聲機 (圓盤式)

meaning/usage overlaps with....	留聲機(筒式)
distinguished from....	圓筒留聲機(留聲機)
meaning/usage overlaps with....	電唱機
thing(s) needing context are....	唱盤(聲音儀器組件)

英文....

Instruments of the type first invented by Emil Berliner in the 1890s for the reproduction of recorded sound, comprising a turntable for a disc record, a sound box mounted on a pivot (allowing the record groove to guide the stylus), and a conical sounding-horn. Gramophones operate similarly to "cylinder phonographs" but use, instead of a drum, a flat disc containing a spiral groove; a stylus is allowed to rest in the groove as the disc is rotated on a turntable, and the vibrations communicated to the stylus by the irregularities in the groove are transformed into sound vibrations. The earliest gramophones were also used to cut records, using blank discs. For similar devices that employ electronic amplification of sound recorded on more modern high fidelity vinyl discs, in use since the 1950s, use "record players."

留聲機(圓盤式)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 July 13, 2015
.................	牛津當代大辭典 773
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 April 11, 2012
.................	經濟部智慧財產局－本國專利技術名詞中英對照查詢資料庫 July 13, 2015
.................	YAHOO!奇摩字典 July 13, 2015
.................	線上英漢字典 July 13, 2015
.................	遠流字典通 July 13, 2015
唱機(圓盤式)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 April 11, 2012
.................	經濟部智慧財產局－本國專利技術名詞中英對照查詢資料庫 July 13, 2015
.................	YAHOO!奇摩字典 July 13, 2015
.................	遠流字典通 July 13, 2015
.................	Cambridge Dictionaries Online July 13, 2015
gramophones............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) accessed 23 April 2008
.................	American Heritage Dictionary (1982)
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 23 April 2008
gramophone............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
grammophone............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Gramophones............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "phonograph;" accessed 23 April 2008
Subject:............	[VP]
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (2002)
.................	American Heritage Dictionary (1982)
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Getty AAT: 300310107 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300310107
聯合目錄： 留聲機 、唱機 、liu sheng chi 、liú shēng jī 、liu sheng ji 、gramophones 、gramophone 、grammophone 、Gramophones