Standard Lemma guide

audiotape

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AO1 D IY0 OW0 T EY2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A magnetic tape that stores analog sound for later playback on a tape player.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of a cassette tape, eight-track tape, reel-to-reel tape, DAT, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To record onto audiotape.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

magnetic tape for use in recording sound

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: magnetic tape, mag tape, tape

5

noun

Meaning 5

a tape recording of sound

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound recording, audio recording, audio, tape, tape recording, taping

Narrower terms: digital audiotape, DAT

History

Etymology

From audio + tape.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 錄音帶 /录音带 (lùyīndài) — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • Danish: lydbånd — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • Estonian: helilint — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • Finnish: ääninauha — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • German: Tonband — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • Hungarian: magnószalag — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • Japanese: オーディオテープ (ōdio tēpu) — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • Korean: 오디오 테이프 (odio teipeu) — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lydbånd — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • Polish: taśma magnetofonowa — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • Russian: ле́нта звукоза́писи (lénta zvukozápisi) — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • Russian: аудиоплёнка (audiopljónka) — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • Skolt-Sami: jiõnnliântt — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • Vietnamese: băng ghi âm — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • Vietnamese: băng thu âm — magnetic tape that stores analog sound
  • Chinese Mandarin: 用磁帶錄製 /用磁带录制 (yòng cídài lùzhì) — to record onto audiotape
  • Danish: optage — to record onto audiotape
  • Danish: bånde — to record onto audiotape
  • Finnish: äänittää — to record onto audiotape
  • Russian: запи́сывать на плёнку (zapísyvatʹ na pljónku) — to record onto audiotape
  • Russian: записа́ть на плёнку (zapisátʹ na pljónku) — to record onto audiotape
  • Vietnamese: ghi âm — to record onto audiotape
  • Vietnamese: thu âm — to record onto audiotape