cassette
English
/kəˈsɛt/
noun
Definitions
- A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
- Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk or cassette air conditioner
- (photography) A lightproof container for photographic film.
- (genetics) A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.
- (cycling) A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.
- A saggar ceramic container used in a kiln
Etymology
Borrowed from French cassette (cassette).
Origin
French
cassette
Gloss
cassette
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cassetteless English
- cassettelike English
- histocassette English
- microcassette English
- minicassette English
- neocassette English
- noncassette English
- videocassette English
- Kassette German
- filmkazetta Hungarian
- kazetta Hungarian
- kazetták Hungarian
- audiocassetta Italian
- cassetta Italian
- cassettista Italian
- cinecassetta Italian
- fonocassetta Italian
- microcassetta Italian
- minicassetta Italian
- videocassetta Italian
- cassette Dutch, Flemish
- cassette French
- radiocassette French
- видеокассета Russian
- casete Spanish, Castilian
- kassett Norwegian Bokmål
- cassete Portuguese
- kassett Norwegian Nynorsk
- casse Old French
- casset Catalan, Valencian
- kassetta Icelandic
- casét Welsh
- 卡式 Chinese
- kaseti Swahili