cassette

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US, UK/kəˈsɛt/US, UK/kæˈsɛt/India/ˈkæː.seʈ/

noun

A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.

Similar
tape
OriginFrench cassette ← Old Northern French casse ← Latin capsa →
CommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

nouncassette (plural cassettes)

plural cassettes · alternative dated casette · alternative dated casset

  1. A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.

    If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool.

    2011, Rebekah Modrak, Bill Anthes, Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice

    Synonyms: tape

  2. Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk or cassette air conditioner.
  3. artsA lightproof container for photographic film.
  4. biologyA modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.
  5. cyclingA set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.
  6. ceramicsA saggar (ceramic container used in a kiln).
verbcassette (third-person singular simple present cassettes, present participle cassetting, simple past and past participle cassetted)

present singular third person cassettes · participle present cassetting · participle past cassetted · past cassetted · alternative dated casette · alternative dated casset

  1. To record onto a cassette

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.

Similar
tape
Also see
cassette tapecompact cassette

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  3. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  4. Proto-Italic*kapsos
  5. Latincapsa
  6. Old Northern Frenchcasse
  7. Frenchcassette
  8. Englishcassette

Borrowed from French cassette.

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Translations

Arabic كَاسِيت
  • كَاسِيت (kāsīt)small flat case containing magnetic tape
Bulgarian касе́та
  • касе́та (kaséta)small flat case containing magnetic tape
Catalan casset
  • cassetsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Chinese Mandarin 卡式, 盒帶 /盒带
  • 卡式 (kǎshì)small flat case containing magnetic tape
  • 盒帶 /盒带 (hédài)small flat case containing magnetic tape
  • 盒式 (héshì)small flat case containing magnetic tape
  • 卡匣 (kǎxiá)small flat case containing magnetic tape
Czech kazeta
  • kazetasmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Danish kassette
  • kassettesmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Dutch cassette, cassette
  • cassettesmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • cassetteset of sprockets on a bicycle
Esperanto kasedo
  • kasedosmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Estonian kassett
  • kassettsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Finnish kasetti, kasetti
  • kasettismall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • kasettimodular segment of DNA encoding genes for a single function
  • rataspakkaset of sprockets on a bicycle
French cassette, cassette audio
  • cassettesmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • cassette audiosmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • audiocassettesmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • cassette vidéosmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • vidéocassettesmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • K7small flat case containing magnetic tape
  • cassetteset of sprockets on a bicycle
German Kassette, Audiokassette
  • Kassettesmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • Audiokassettesmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • Tonkassettesmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • Videokassettesmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • Kassettemodular segment of DNA encoding genes for a single function
  • Zahnkranzpaketset of sprockets on a bicycle
Greek κασέτα
  • κασέτα (kaséta)small flat case containing magnetic tape
Hebrew קַלֶּטֶת, קָסֶטָה
  • קַלֶּטֶת (kalétet)small flat case containing magnetic tape
  • קָסֶטָה (kaséta)small flat case containing magnetic tape
Hindi कैसेट
  • कैसेट (kaiseṭ)small flat case containing magnetic tape
Hungarian kazetta
  • kazettasmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Icelandic kassetta
  • kassettasmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Indonesian kaset
  • kasetsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Irish caiséad
  • caiséadsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Italian cassetta, cassetta pignoni
  • cassettasmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • cassetta pignoniset of sprockets on a bicycle
  • pacco pignoniset of sprockets on a bicycle
Japanese カセット
  • カセット (kasetto)small flat case containing magnetic tape
Korean 카세트, 카세트
  • 카세트 (kaseteu)small flat case containing magnetic tape
  • 카세트 (kaseteu)modular segment of DNA encoding genes for a single function
Latin capsella
  • capsellasmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Latvian kasete
  • kasetesmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Lithuanian kasetė
  • kasetėsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Malay kaset
  • kasetsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Norwegian Bokmål kassett, kassett
  • kassettsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • kassettset of sprockets on a bicycle
Polish kaseta, kaseta
  • kasetasmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • kasetaset of sprockets on a bicycle
Portuguese cassete
  • cassetesmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Romanian casetă
  • casetăsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Russian кассе́та
  • кассе́та (kasséta)small flat case containing magnetic tape
Slovak kazeta
  • kazetasmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Spanish casete
  • casetesmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Swahili kaseti
  • kasetismall flat case containing magnetic tape
Swedish kassett
  • kassettsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Thai คาสเซ็ต
  • คาสเซ็ต (káat-sèt)small flat case containing magnetic tape
Turkish kaset
  • kasetsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Ukrainian касе́та
  • касе́та (kaséta)small flat case containing magnetic tape
Urdu کَیسِٹ
  • کَیسِٹ (kaisiṭ)small flat case containing magnetic tape
Vietnamese hộp băng, băng
  • hộp băngsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • băngsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • băng từsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
  • cát-xétsmall flat case containing magnetic tape
Welsh casét
  • casétsmall flat case containing magnetic tape

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cassette

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Cite this entry
APA

cassette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cassette

MLA

“cassette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cassette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cassette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cassette.

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