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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDiscography
/dɪˈskɒɡ.rə.fi/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A descriptive catalog of phonograph records or musical recordings, typically by a particular artist, composer, or record label.
"The music critic spent months compiling a comprehensive discography of rare jazz recordings from the 1950s." - 2
The systematic study and listing of recorded music.
"Her academic research focuses on modern discography and the preservation of analog audio formats."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'disc' (referring to phonograph records, from Greek diskos) and '-graphy' (from Greek graphein, meaning to write or record). The term emerged in the mid-20th century with the rise of dedicated music collecting and scholarly cataloging of recorded music.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Discography" is said worldwide
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discographie
Transliteration: diskɔɡʁafi
"La discographie complète du groupe est disponible sur leur site officiel."
Diskografie
Transliteration: dɪskokoˈɡʁaːfi
"Seine musikalische Diskografie umfasst über zwanzig Alben."
discografia
Transliteration: diskograˈfia
"La discografia di questo artista include molte rarità."
discografía
Transliteration: diskogɾaˈfia
"Estudió toda la discografía del legendario guitarrista."
discografia
Transliteration: diʃkoɡɾaˈfiɐ
"A discografia da banda foi remasterizada recentemente."
डिस्कोग्राफ़ी
Transliteration: diskogrāfī
"गायक की डिस्कोग्राफ़ी में कई हिट एल्बम शामिल हैं।"
专辑收藏
Transliteration: zhuānjí shōucáng
"这位音乐爱好者的专辑收藏非常丰富。"
디스코그래피
Transliteration: diseukogeurapi
"그의 방대한 디스코그래피는 음악적 성취를 보여준다."
ディスコグラフィ
Transliteration: disukogurafi
"彼女のデビューからのディスコグラフィを聴き比べる。"
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