videocassette

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/ˌvɪdi.oʊkəˈsɛt//ˈvɪdi.oʊkəˌsɛt/

noun

A cassette containing a blank or prerecorded videotape on which visual images and sounds are recorded for use with a VCR.

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Meanings

nounvideocassette (plural videocassettes)

plural videocassettes · alternative video cassette

  1. A cassette containing a blank or prerecorded videotape on which visual images and sounds are recorded for use with a VCR.

    Synonyms: videotape

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA cassette containing a blank or prerecorded videotape on which visual images and sounds are recorded for use with a VCR.

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*widéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*widēō
  4. Latinvideō
  5. Englishaudioinflu.
  6. Englishvideo
  7. Englishvideo-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  10. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  11. Proto-Italic*kapsos
  12. Latincapsa
  13. Old Northern Frenchcasse
  14. Frenchcassette
  15. Englishcassette
  16. Englishvideocassette

From video- + cassette.

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Translations

Arabic كَاسِيت فِيدِيُو
  • كَاسِيت فِيدِيُو (kāsīt vīdiyō)cassette containing recorded videotape
Bulgarian видеокасе́та
  • видеокасе́та (videokaséta)cassette containing recorded videotape
Chinese Mandarin 錄像帶 /录像带
  • 錄像帶 /录像带 (lùxiàngdài)cassette containing recorded videotape
Czech videokazeta
  • videokazetacassette containing recorded videotape
Danish videobånd, videokassette
  • videobåndcassette containing recorded videotape
  • videokassettecassette containing recorded videotape
Dutch videocassette
  • videocassettecassette containing recorded videotape
Esperanto videokasedo
  • videokasedocassette containing recorded videotape
Finnish videokasetti
  • videokasetticassette containing recorded videotape
French vidéocassette
  • vidéocassettecassette containing recorded videotape
German Videokassette
  • Videokassettecassette containing recorded videotape
Greek βιντεοκασέτα
  • βιντεοκασέτα (vinteokaséta)cassette containing recorded videotape
Hungarian videokazetta
  • videokazettacassette containing recorded videotape
Indonesian videokaset
  • videokasetcassette containing recorded videotape
Irish físchaiséad
  • físchaiséadcassette containing recorded videotape
Italian videocassetta
  • videocassettacassette containing recorded videotape
Japanese ビデオカセット, ビデオ
  • ビデオカセット (bideokasetto)cassette containing recorded videotape
  • ビデオ (bideo)cassette containing recorded videotape
Korean 비디오 카세트
  • 비디오 카세트 (bidio kaseteu)cassette containing recorded videotape
Latvian videokasete
  • videokasetecassette containing recorded videotape
Lithuanian video kasetę
  • video kasetęcassette containing recorded videotape
Norwegian Bokmål videokassett
  • videokassettcassette containing recorded videotape
Persian کاست ویدیویی
  • کاست ویدیویی (kâset-e vidiyoyi)cassette containing recorded videotape
Polish kaseta wideo, wideokaseta
  • kaseta wideocassette containing recorded videotape
  • wideokasetacassette containing recorded videotape
  • kaseta magnetowidowacassette containing recorded videotape
Portuguese videocassete
  • videocassetecassette containing recorded videotape
Romanian videocasetă
  • videocasetăcassette containing recorded videotape
Russian видеокассе́та
  • видеокассе́та (videokasséta)cassette containing recorded videotape
Slovak videokazeta
  • videokazetacassette containing recorded videotape
Spanish videocasete, cinta de vídeo
  • videocasetecassette containing recorded videotape
  • cinta de vídeocassette containing recorded videotape
Swedish videokassett
  • videokassettcassette containing recorded videotape
Turkish video kaset
  • video kasetcassette containing recorded videotape
Ukrainian відеокасе́та
  • відеокасе́та (videokaséta)cassette containing recorded videotape
Vietnamese băng hình
  • băng hìnhcassette containing recorded videotape
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“videocassette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videocassette. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “videocassette,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videocassette.

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