cassette

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French cassette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈsɛt/, /kæˈsɛt/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • 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.
    • 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.
  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)

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Gallery

  • audio cassettes
    audio cassettes
  • ROM cassette
    ROM cassette
  • film cassette
    film cassette
  • bicycle cassette
    bicycle cassette

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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/
  • Audio(file)
  • 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.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
    Synonym: K7
    Un magnétophone à cassette. ― A cassette tape recorder.
  4. (cycling) cassette (set of sprockets)

Descendants

  • → Catalan: casset
  • → Dutch: cassette
  • → English: cassette
  • → Portuguese: cassete
  • → Spanish: casete

Further reading

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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