tape recorder

noun

An electromechanical device use to record and play back sound, etc.

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cassette decktape decktape machine
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Meanings

nountape recorder (plural tape recorders)

plural tape recorders · alternative taperecorder · alternative tape-recorder

  1. sound engineeringAn electromechanical device use to record and play back sound, etc.

    A cabled despatch is better than nothing, but a voicecast of tolerable quality is preferable, and in certain types of story a voicecast with live or recorded actuality is best of all. Correspondents all have portable tape recorders.

    1964, European Broadcasting Union, EBU Review: Programmes, Administration, Law, volume 83, page 22

    Synonyms: cassette deck, tape deck

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn electromechanical device use to record and play back sound, etc.

Similar
cassette decktape deck

More synonyms by meaning

nouna magnetic recorder using magnetic tape

Similar
tape machine
Broader
magnetic recorder
Also see
tape machine

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans bandopnemer
  • bandopnemeran electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Arabic مُسَجِّل
  • مُسَجِّل (musajjil)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Bengali টেপ রেকর্ডার
  • টেপ রেকর্ডার (ṭep rekorḍar)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Bulgarian магнетофо́н
  • магнетофо́н (magnetofón)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Chinese Cantonese 錄音機 /录音机
  • 錄音機 /录音机 (luk⁶ jam¹ gei¹)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Chinese Mandarin 錄音機 /录音机
  • 錄音機 /录音机 (lùyīnjī)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Czech magnetofon, magneťák
  • magnetofonan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • magneťákan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • magičan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Danish båndoptager, kassettebåndoptager
  • båndoptageran electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • kassettebåndoptageran electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Dutch bandopnemer, bandrecorder
  • bandopnemeran electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • bandrecorderan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Esperanto magnetofono
  • magnetofonoan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Estonian magnetofon
  • magnetofonan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Finnish magnetofoni, nauhuri
  • magnetofonian electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • nauhurian electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
French magnétophone, magnéto
  • magnétophonean electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • magnétoan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
German Tonaufzeichnungsgerät, Tonaufnahmegerät
  • Tonaufzeichnungsgerätan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Tonaufnahmegerätan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Tonbandgerätan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Kassettenrekorderan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Greek μαγνητόφωνο
  • μαγνητόφωνο (magnitófono)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Hebrew רְשַׁמְקוֹל
  • רְשַׁמְקוֹל (reshamkól)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Hindi टेप रिकॉर्डर
  • टेप रिकॉर्डर (ṭep rikŏrḍar)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Hungarian magnetofon, magnó
  • magnetofonan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • magnóan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Icelandic segulbandstæki
  • segulbandstækian electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Irish téipthaifeadán
  • téipthaifeadánan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Italian magnetofono, registratore a nastro
  • magnetofonoan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • registratore a nastroan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Japanese テープレコーダー
  • テープレコーダー (tēpu rekōdā)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Korean 녹음기, 록음기
  • 녹음기 (nogeumgi)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • 록음기 (rogeumgi)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • 테이프 레코더 (teipeu rekodeo)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Latvian magnetofons
  • magnetofonsan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Lithuanian magnetofonas
  • magnetofonasan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Malay perakam pita
  • perakam pitaan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Norwegian Bokmål båndopptaker
  • båndopptakeran electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Polish magnetofon
  • magnetofonan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Portuguese gravador
  • gravadoran electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Romanian magnetofon, mag
  • magnetofonan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • magan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Russian магнитофо́н, маг
  • магнитофо́н (magnitofón)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • маг (mag)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • мафо́н (mafón)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Slovak magnetofón
  • magnetofónan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Spanish tocacintas, grabadora
  • tocacintasan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • grabadoraan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • magnetofónan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Swedish bandspelare, kassettbandspelare
  • bandspelarean electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • kassettbandspelarean electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Thai เครื่องบันทึกเทป
  • เครื่องบันทึกเทป (krʉ̂ʉang-ban-tʉ́k-téep)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Turkish teyp, kasetçalar
  • teypan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • kasetçalaran electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Ukrainian магнітофо́н
  • магнітофо́н (mahnitofón)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Urdu ٹیپ ریکارْڈَر
  • ٹیپ ریکارْڈَر (ṭep rekārḍar)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Vietnamese máy ghi âm, máy ghi tiếng
  • máy ghi âman electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • máy ghi tiếngan electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
Yiddish מאַגנעטאָפֿאָן
  • מאַגנעטאָפֿאָן (magnetofon)an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
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APA

tape recorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tape%20recorder

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Chicago

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