tape recorder
tape recorder noun: an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound, etc.
Noun
tape recorder (plural tape recorders)
- An 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
tape recorder meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
tape recorder in Hindi
- an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
- टेप रिकॉर्डर ṭep rikŏrḍar
tape recorder in Tamil
- நாடாப்பதிவி, பதிவி, நாடாப் பதிவுக்கருவி, நாடாப்பதிகருவி, நாடாப் பதிவன், ஒலி இழைப் பதிவன்
tape recorder in Urdu
- an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
- ٹیپ ریکارْڈَر ṭep rekārḍar
tape recorder in Bengali
- an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
- টেপ রেকর্ডার ṭep rekorḍar
More languagesFewer languages
- tape recorder in Telugu
- టేపు రికార్డరు ṭēpu rikārḍaru
- tape recorder in Kannada
- ಧ್ವನಿಮುದ್ರಕ ಯಂತ್ರ
- tape recorder in Pashto
- ټېپ ريکارډر ṭep rikārḍár
- tape recorder in Arabic
- مُسَجِّل musajjil
- tape recorder in Malay
- perakam pita
- tape recorder in Thai
- เครื่องบันทึกเทป krʉ̂ʉang-ban-tʉ́k-téep
- tape recorder in Vietnamese
- máy ghi âm, máy ghi tiếng
Synonyms of tape recorder
Forms of tape recorder
| plural | tape recorders |
|---|---|
| alternative form | taperecorder |
| alternative form | tape-recorder |
Words formed from tape recorder
Questions about tape recorder
- What does tape recorder mean?
- Tape recorder means an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound, etc.
- What is tape recorder in Hindi?
- Tape recorder in Hindi is टेप रिकॉर्डर (ṭep rikŏrḍar). See Tape recorder meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tape recorder?
- Tape recorder is a noun.
- What is the plural of tape recorder?
- The plural of tape recorder is tape recorders.
Words near tape recorder in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tape recorder (page history and authors); tape recorder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tape recorder (Kannada 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.
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