cassette

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French cassette.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈsɛt/, /kæˈsɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

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.
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. A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.

• 

  audio cassettes

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  ROM cassette

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  film cassette

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  bicycle cassette

Synonyms

• tape

Translations

small flat case containing magnetic tape

• Arabic: كاسيت (ar) (kaset, kasiit) m
• Catalan: casset (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡式 (cmn) (kǎshì), 盒帶 (cmn), 盒带 (cmn) (hédài) , 盒式 (cmn) (héshì)

• Czech: kazeta (cs) f
• Danish: kassette (da) c
• French: cassette (fr) f, cassette audio (fr) f, audiocassette (fr) f, cassette vidéo (fr) f, vidéocassette (fr) f
• German: Kassette (de) f, Audiokassette (de) f, Tonkassette (de) f, Videokassette (de) f
• Hungarian: kazetta (hu)

• Irish: caiséad (ga) m
• Japanese: カセット (ja) (kasetto)
• Jèrriais: cassette f
• Korean: 카세트 (kaseteu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kassett (nb) m

  Nynorsk: kassett (nn) m

• Portuguese: cassete (pt) m
• Russian: кассета (ru) (kasséta) f
• Spanish: casete (es) m
• Swahili: kaseti (sw)
• Swedish: kassett (sv) c
• Volapük: kasät (vo), (audio) tonakasät (vo), (video) magodakasät (vo)

set of sprockets on a bicycle

• Dutch: cassette (nl)
• German: Zahnkranzpaket f

• Swahili: kaseti (sw)

modular segment of DNA encoding genes for a single function

• German: Kassette (de) f
• Korean: 카세트 (kaseteu)

• Swahili: kaseti (sw)

Derived terms

• audiocassette
• cassette deck
• data cassette
• videocassette
• diskette

Related terms

• DAT
• VCR

See also

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

Anagrams

• test case

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French

Etymology

From Old French casse (case) + -ette (diminutive), hence a small case; cognate with Italian cassetta

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ka.sɛt/, X-SAMPA: /ka.sEt/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Homophone: cassettes

Noun

cassette f (plural cassettes)

1. treasure box

   La cassette du roi.

2. any small box

   Une cassette à compartiments.

3. a cassette tape

   Un magnétophone à cassette.

Synonyms

• K7

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Italian

Noun

cassette f

1. Plural form of cassetta

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Jèrriais

Noun

cassette f (plural cassettes)

1. cassette