cassette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cassette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈsɛt/, /kæˈsɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Rhymes: -æsɪt

Noun

cassette (plural cassettes)

1. A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
2. Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk or cassette air conditioner
3. (photography) A lightproof container for photographic film.
4. (genetics) A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.
5. (cycling) A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.
6. A saggar (ceramic container used in a kiln)

Synonyms

• tape

Derived terms

• audiocassette, audio cassette
• cassette air conditioner
• cassette deck
• cassette tape
• data cassette
• diskette
• neocassette
• videocassette, video cassette

 

Related terms

• DAT
• VCR

Translations

small flat case containing magnetic tape

• Arabic: كَاسِيت‎ m (kaset), كَاسِيت‎ m (kasīt)
• Catalan: casset f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡式 (zh) (kǎshì), 盒帶 (zh), 盒带 (zh) (hédài), 盒式 (héshì), 卡匣 (kǎxiá)

• Czech: kazeta (cs) f
• Danish: kassette c
• Esperanto: kasedo
• Finnish: kasetti (fi)
• French: cassette (fr) f, cassette audio (fr) f, audiocassette (fr) f, cassette vidéo f, vidéocassette (fr) f
• German: Kassette (de) f, Audiokassette f, Tonkassette f, Videokassette f
• Hungarian: kazetta (hu)
• Irish: caiséad m
• Japanese: カセット (ja) (kasetto)

• Korean: 카세트 (ko) (kaseteu)
• Norman: cassette f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kassett m

  Nynorsk: kassett m

• Persian: کاست‎ (fa) (kâset)
• Polish: kaseta (pl) f
• Portuguese: cassete (pt) m
• Russian: кассе́та (ru) f (kasséta)
• Spanish: casete (es) m
• Swahili: kaseti (sw)
• Swedish: kassett (sv) c
• Vietnamese: hộp băng, băng (vi) (繃), băng từ (繃磁)
• Volapük: kasät, tonakasät (audio), magodakasät (video)
• Welsh: casét m

set of sprockets on a bicycle

• Dutch: cassette (nl)
• Finnish: rataspakka
• French: cassette (fr) f
• German: Zahnkranzpaket f

• Italian: cassetta pignoni f, pacco pignoni m
• Polish: kaseta (pl) f

modular segment of DNA encoding genes for a single function

• Finnish: kasetti (fi)
• German: Kassette (de) f

• Korean: 카세트 (ko) (kaseteu)

Gallery

• 

  audio cassettes

• 

  ROM cassette

• 

  film cassette

• 

  bicycle cassette

See also

• cartridge
• eight track, 8 track
• reel-to-reel

Anagrams

• casettes, test case, testcase

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French cassette. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑˈsɛ.tə/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: cas‧set‧te
• Rhymes: -ɛtə

Noun

cassette f (plural cassettes or cassetten, diminutive cassettetje n)

1. An audio cassette.

   Synonyms: audiocassette, cassetteband

2. Any of various other cassette storage media.
3. A case for a film reel.
4. (dated) A small chest, case or moneybox. [from 17th c.]

Derived terms

• audiocassette
• cassetteband
• cassetterecorder
• cassettespeler
• videocassette

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French

Etymology

Old French casse (“case”) +‎ -ette (diminutive), hence a small case. Cognate with Italian cassetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.sɛt/, /kɑ.sɛt/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Homophone: cassettes

Noun

cassette f (plural cassettes)

1. treasure box

   La cassette du roi. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. small box

   Synonym: coffret

   Une cassette à compartiments. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. cassette tape

   Synonym: K7

   Un magnétophone à cassette. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (cycling) cassette (set of sprockets)

Descendants

• → Catalan: casset
• → Dutch: cassette
• → English: cassette
• → Portuguese: cassete
• → Spanish: casete

Further reading

• “cassette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Noun

cassette f pl

1. plural of cassetta

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French casse (“case”) +‎ -ette (diminutive).

Noun

cassette f (plural cassettes)

1. (Jersey) cassette