cassette

Borrowed from French cassette.

• IPA^(key): /kəˈsɛt/, /kæˈsɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Rhymes: -æsɪt

cassette (plural cassettes)

1. A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
2. Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk or cassette air conditioner
3. (photography) A lightproof container for photographic film.
4. (genetics) A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.
5. (cycling) A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.
6. A saggar (ceramic container used in a kiln)

• tape

• DAT
• VCR

• 
  audio cassettes
• 
  ROM cassette
• 
  film cassette
• 
  bicycle cassette

• cartridge
• eight track, 8 track
• reel-to-reel

• casettes, test case, testcase

Borrowed from French cassette. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑˈsɛ.tə/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: cas‧set‧te
• Rhymes: -ɛtə

cassette f (plural cassettes or cassetten, diminutive cassettetje n)

1. An audio cassette.

   Synonyms: audiocassette, cassetteband

2. Any of various other cassette storage media.
3. A case for a film reel.
4. (dated) A small chest, case or moneybox. [from 17th c.]

• audiocassette
• cassetteband
• cassettespeler
• videocassette

Old French casse (“case”) +‎ -ette (diminutive), hence a small case. Cognate with Italian cassetta.

• IPA^(key): /ka.sɛt/, /kɑ.sɛt/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Homophone: cassettes

cassette f (plural cassettes)

1. treasure box

   La cassette du roi. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. small box

   Synonym: coffret

   Une cassette à compartiments. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. cassette tape

   Synonym: K7

   Un magnétophone à cassette. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (cycling) cassette (set of sprockets)

• “cassette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

cassette f pl

1. plural of cassetta

From Old French casse (“case”) +‎ -ette (diminutive).

cassette f (plural cassettes)

1. (Jersey) cassette