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10 Language-to-English DictionariesRecord Label
/ˈrɛk.ɔrd ˈleɪ.bəl/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A company that produces and sells recorded music.
"The artist signed a contract with a major record label to release her new album." - 2
A brand or trademark under which music is released.
"The record label is known for promoting emerging artists in the indie music scene."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'record label' originated in the early 20th century, combining 'record' from the Latin 'recordari', meaning 'to remember', and 'label', which comes from the Old French 'label', meaning 'a small piece of paper'. The phrase evolved to denote companies that produce and distribute music recordings.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Record Label" is said worldwide
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label de disque
Transliteration: label de disque
"L'artiste a signé avec un grand label de disque."
Plattenlabel
Transliteration: Plattenlabel
"Der Künstler hat einen Vertrag mit einem großen Plattenlabel unterschrieben."
etichetta discografica
Transliteration: etichetta discografica
"L'artista ha firmato un contratto con una grande etichetta discografica."
sello discográfico
Transliteration: sello discográfico
"El artista firmó un contrato con un gran sello discográfico."
gravadora
Transliteration: gravadora
"O artista assinou um contrato com uma grande gravadora."
रिकॉर्ड लेबल
Transliteration: rikord lebal
"कलाकार ने एक बड़े रिकॉर्ड लेबल के साथ अनुबंध पर हस्ताक्षर किए।"
唱片公司
Transliteration: chàngpiàn gōngsī
"艺术家与一家大型唱片公司签署了合同。"
레코드 레이블
Transliteration: rekodeu leibeul
"아티스트는 대형 레코드 레이블과 계약을 체결했습니다."
レコードレーベル
Transliteration: rekōdo rēberu
"アーティストは大手レコードレーベルと契約しました。"
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