cassette

/kəˈsɛt/

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India/ˈkæː.seʈ/

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

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Noun

cassette (plural cassettes)

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
Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk or cassette air conditioner.
A lightproof container for photographic film.
A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.
A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.
A saggar (ceramic container used in a kiln).

Verb

cassette (third-person singular simple present cassettes, present participle cassetting, simple past and past participle cassetted)

To record onto a cassette

cassette meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

cassette in Hindi

small flat case containing magnetic tape: कैसेट kaiseṭ

cassette in Tamil

ஒலி நாடா, நுண்பெட்டகம்

cassette in Marathi

small flat case containing magnetic tape: कॅसेट kĕseṭ

cassette in Urdu

small flat case containing magnetic tape: کَیسِٹ kaisiṭ

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cassette in Bengali: কেসেট
cassette in Pashto: کسېټ kaseṭ
cassette in Arabic: كَاسِيت kāsīt
cassette in Malay: kaset
cassette in Indonesian: kaset
cassette in Thai: คาสเซ็ต káat-sèt
cassette in Vietnamese: hộp băng, băng, băng từ, cát-xét
cassette in Myanmar: ကက်ဆက် kakhcak

Examples of cassette in a sentence

My cassette player won't play this worn-out old tape.
I can't get this cassette to eject.
The flutter is part of the appeal for cassette enthusiasts.

All 26 example sentences with cassette

Synonyms of cassette

tape

Forms of cassette

Noun
plural	cassettes
alternative form (dated)	casette
alternative form (dated)	casset
Verb
third-person singular present	cassettes
present participle	cassetting
past participle	cassetted
past	cassetted

Plural of cassette: cassettes

Origin of cassette

Borrowed from French cassette.

Words formed from cassette

Phrases with cassette

Words that rhyme with cassette

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Questions about cassette

What does cassette mean?: Cassette means a small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
What is cassette in Hindi?: Cassette in Hindi is कैसेट (kaiseṭ). See Cassette meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cassette?: Cassette can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce cassette?: Cassette is pronounced /kəˈsɛt/ (UK).
What is the plural of cassette?: The plural of cassette is cassettes.

Words near cassette in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: cassette (page history and authors); cassette (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cassette (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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