cassette

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.
      Synonym: tape
    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. (ceramics) A saggar (ceramic container used in a kiln)

    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

    French

    Alternative forms

    • (cassette tape): K7

    Etymology

      Inherited from Middle French cassette, from Old Northern French casse (case) +‎ -ette (diminutive). By surface analysis, *casse +‎ -ette. Compare 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

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