noun
electric gramophone; record player
Historical term for an early electric record player; now mostly replaced by レコードプレーヤー or 電蓄 (でんちく) in modern contexts.
昭和初期の家庭には、電気蓄音機が置かれていることもあった。
In the early Showa period, some homes had an electric gramophone.
Compound of 電気 (electric) and 蓄音機 (phonograph/gramophone). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term reflects early 20th-century technology.