cassette
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French cassette.
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NounEdit
cassette (plural cassettes)
- A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
- 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)
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small 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
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Old French casse (“case”) + -ette (diminutive), hence a small case. Cognate with Italian cassetta.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cassette f (plural cassettes)
- treasure box
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La cassette du roi. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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- any small box
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Une cassette à compartiments. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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- a cassette tape
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Un magnétophone à cassette. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Further readingEdit
- “cassette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).