French word

cassette

Pronunciation

IPA/kasɛt/

Meaning

  • feminine nouncassette tape

Example

J'ai acheté une cassette d'occasion.

I bought a secondhand cassette tape.

Illustration for cassette (cassette tape)

More examples

Mon grand-père garde une cassette avec des enregistrements de famille.

My grandfather keeps a cassette tape with family recordings.

Core concept

A compact cartridge enclosing magnetic tape for recording or playing sound.

Common phrases

  • acheter une cassette

    buy a cassette tape

  • conserver une cassette

    keep a cassette tape

  • enregistrer sur une cassette

    record on a cassette tape

Similar words

K7: A colloquial abbreviation for a cassette tape.
CD: A small disc-shaped medium for recording and playing music or data.
vinyle: A disc-shaped medium with sound recorded in grooves.
VHS: A home video medium using recorded tape in a large plastic cartridge.

Definition in French

Petit boîtier contenant une bande magnétique destiné à l'enregistrement ou à la lecture de sons.

Word origin

French cassette came through Italian cassetta, a diminutive of cassa, from Latin capsa, meaning a box or container.

Usage tips

  • Cassette is feminine in French, so the usual article is une cassette and the plural is des cassettes.

Related words

  • microcassettemicrocassettenoun
  • audiocassetteaudiocassettenoun

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