cassette

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English

Alternative forms

• casette (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from French cassette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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 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

Related terms

• DAT
• VCR

Translations

Gallery

See also

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

Verb

cassette (third-person singular simple present cassettes, present participle cassetting, simple past and past participle cassetted)

1. To record onto a cassette

Anagrams

• casettes, test case, testcase

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/
• 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. (architecture) a coffer (sunken panel in a ceiling)
5. (dated) a small chest, case or moneybox [from 17th c.]

Derived terms

• audiocassette
• cassetteband
• cassetteplafond
• cassetterecorder
• cassettespeler
• videocassette

French

Alternative forms

• (cassette tape): K7

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.sɛt/ ~ /kɑ.sɛt/
• Homophone: cassettes

Noun

cassette f (plural cassettes)

1. treasure box

   La cassette du roi. ― The royal treasure box.

2. small box

   Synonym: coffret

   Une cassette à compartiments. ― A small box with compartments.

3. cassette tape

   Hyponyms: microcassette, minicassette, vidéocassette

   Un magnétophone à cassette. ― A cassette tape recorder.

4. (cycling) cassette (set of sprockets)

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Catalan: casset
• → Dutch: cassette
• → English: cassette
• → Portuguese: cassete
• → Spanish: casete
• → Persian: کاست (kâset)

Further reading

• “cassette” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
• “cassette” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “cassette” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
• “cassette” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “cassette” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “cassette” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “cassette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

cassette f pl

1. plural of cassetta

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

cassette f (plural cassettes)

1. (Jersey) cassette