cassette
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French cassette.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kəˈsɛt/, /kæˈsɛt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
editcassette (plural cassettes)
- A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
- 2011, Rebekah Modrak, Bill Anthes, Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice:
- If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool.
- Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk or cassette air conditioner
- (photography) A lightproof container for photographic film.
- (genetics) A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.
- (cycling) A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.
- A saggar (ceramic container used in a kiln)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- audiocassette, audio cassette
- cassette air conditioner
- cassette culture
- cassette deck
- cassette drive
- cassetteless
- cassettelike
- cassette player
- cassette recorder
- cassette tape
- cassingle
- compact cassette
- data cassette
- diskette
- gene cassette
- histocassette
- microcassette
- minicassette
- musicassette
- neocassette
- noncassette
- radio cassette
- videocassette, video cassette
Related terms
editTranslations
editsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
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set of sprockets on a bicycle
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modular segment of DNA encoding genes for a single function
Gallery
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audio cassettes
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ROM cassette
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film cassette
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bicycle cassette
See also
editVerb
editcassette (third-person singular simple present cassettes, present participle cassetting, simple past and past participle cassetted)
- To record onto a cassette
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French cassette. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcassette f (plural cassettes or cassetten, diminutive cassettetje n)
- an audio cassette
- Synonyms: audiocassette, cassetteband
- any of various other cassette storage media
- a case for a film reel
- (architecture) a coffer (sunken panel in a ceiling)
- (dated) a small chest, case or moneybox [from 17th c.]
Derived terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Old French casse (“case”) + -ette (diminutive), hence a small case. Cognate with Italian cassetta.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcassette f (plural cassettes)
- treasure box
- La cassette du roi. ― The royal treasure box.
- small box
- Synonym: coffret
- Une cassette à compartiments. ― A small box with compartments.
- cassette tape
- Synonym: K7
- Un magnétophone à cassette. ― A cassette tape recorder.
- (cycling) cassette (set of sprockets)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “cassette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editNoun
editcassette f pl
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French casse (“case”) + -ette (diminutive).
Noun
editcassette f (plural cassettes)
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