cassette

A2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /kəˈsɛt/ UK /kəˈsɛt/ See IPA manual

Freq #13204

Meanings

1

noun
A small flat case holding magnetic tape, used to record and play sound or video.

He still has a box of old music cassettes.
2

verb
To record something onto a cassette.

She cassetted the radio show to listen to later.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

1 noun · a small flat case holding... tape

Word family

Forms cassettes

Derived forms audiocassettecassettelesscassettelikecassinglediskettehistocassettemicrocassetteminicassettemusicassetteneocassettenoncassettevideocassette

Related forms cartridge datreel-to-reelvcr

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Phrases (1)

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cassette recorder
a device that records or plays sound on cassette tapes

Noun + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Proto-Italic *kapsos Latin capsa Old Northern French casse Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Middle French -ette French cassettebor. English cassette Borrowed from French cassette.

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# cassette

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /kəˈsɛt/
**IPA (UK):** /kəˈsɛt/
**Frequency rank:** 13204

## Meanings
1. A small flat case holding magnetic tape, used to record and play sound or video.
2. To record something onto a cassette.

## Examples
- He still has a box of old music cassettes.
- She cassetted the radio show to listen to later.

## Derived Forms
- audiocassette
- cassetteless
- cassettelike
- cassingle
- diskette
- histocassette
- microcassette
- minicassette
- musicassette
- neocassette
- noncassette
- videocassette

## Related Forms
- cartridge
- dat
- reel-to-reel
- vcr

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Proto-Italic *kapsos Latin capsa Old Northern French casse Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Middle French -ette French cassettebor. English cassette Borrowed from French cassette.

## AI Etymology
cassette is a noun and verb. It was borrowed from French cassette. Current senses include a small flat case holding magnetic tape, used to record and play sound or video and to record something onto a cassette. Derived forms include audiocassette, cassetteless, cassettelike, cassingle, and diskette. Related words include cartridge, dat, reel-to-reel, and vcr.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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