Phrase guide

tape recorder

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An electromechanical device use to record and play back sound, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: sound engineering

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cassette deck, tape deck

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tape machine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: magnetic recorder

Narrower terms: Dictaphone, videocassette recorder, VCR

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bandopnemer — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Ahtna: tnelzaeli — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Albanian: magnetofon — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Arabic: مُسَجِّل (musajjil) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Armenian: մագնիտոֆոն (magnitofon) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Armenian: ձայնարկիչ (jaynarkičʻ) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Azerbaijani: maqnitofon — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Belarusian: магнітафо́н (mahnitafón) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Bengali: টেপ রেকর্ডার (ṭep rekorḍar) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Bulgarian: магнетофо́н (magnetofón) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Chinese Cantonese: 錄音機 /录音机 (luk6 jam1 gei1) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Chinese: луйинҗи (luyinji) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Chinese: 錄音機 /录音机 (zh-min-nan) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錄音機 /录音机 (lùyīnjī) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Czech: magnetofon — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Czech: magneťák — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Czech: magič — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Danish: båndoptager — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Danish: kassettebåndoptager — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Dutch: bandopnemer — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Dutch: bandrecorder — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Esperanto: magnetofono — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Estonian: magnetofon — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Faroese: bandupptakari — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Finnish: magnetofoni — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Finnish: nauhuri — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • French: magnétophone — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • French: magnéto — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Georgian: მაგნიტოფონი (magniṭoponi) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • German: Tonaufzeichnungsgerät — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • German: Tonaufnahmegerät — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • German: Tonbandgerät — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • German: Kassettenrekorder — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Greek: μαγνητόφωνο (magnitófono) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Greenlandic: båndoptageri — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Hebrew: רְשַׁמְקוֹל (reshamkól) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Hindi: टेप रिकॉर्डर (ṭep rikŏrḍar) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Hungarian: magnetofon — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Hungarian: magnó — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Icelandic: segulbandstæki — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Irish: téipthaifeadán — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Italian: magnetofono — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Italian: registratore a nastro — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Japanese: テープレコーダー (tēpu rekōdā) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Kazakh: магнитофон (magnitofon) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Kazakh: үнжазба (ünjazba) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនថតសំឡេង (maasɨn thɑɑt sɑmleing) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Khmer: ម៉ាញ៉េ (maañei) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Korean: 녹음기 (nogeumgi) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Korean: 록음기 (rogeumgi) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Korean: 테이프 레코더 (teipeu rekodeo) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Kyrgyz: магнитофон (magnitofon) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງບັນທຶກສຽງ (khư̄ang ban thưk sīang) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງອັດສຽງ (khư̄ang ʼat sīang) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Latvian: magnetofons — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Lithuanian: magnetofonas — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Macedonian: магнетофо́н (magnetofón) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Malay: perakam pita — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Mongolian: дуу хурааагч (duu xuraaagč) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Mongolian: магнитофон (magnitofon) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Norman: enr'gistreux — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Norwegian Bokmål: båndopptaker — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Pashto: ټېپ ريکارډر (ṭep rikārḍár) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Iranian Persian: ضَبْطِ صُوْت (zabt-e sowt) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Iranian Persian: ضَبْط (zabt) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Polish: magnetofon — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Portuguese: gravador — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Romanian: magnetofon — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Romanian: mag — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Russian: магнитофо́н (magnitofón) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Russian: маг (mag) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Russian: мафо́н (mafón) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Serbo-Croatian: магнето̀фо̄н — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Serbo-Croatian: magnetòfōn — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Slovak: magnetofón — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Slovene: magnetofon — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Spanish: tocacintas — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Spanish: grabadora — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Spanish: magnetofón — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Swedish: bandspelare — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Swedish: kassettbandspelare — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Tajik: магнитофон (magnitofon) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Tajik: забти савт (zabt-i savt) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Tatar: магнитофон (mağnitofon) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Telugu: టేపు రికార్డరు (ṭēpu rikārḍaru) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Thai: เครื่องบันทึกเทป (krʉ̂ʉang-ban-tʉ́k-téep) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Tok Pisin: teprikoda — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Turkish: teyp — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Turkish: kasetçalar — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Turkmen: magnitofon — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Ukrainian: магнітофо́н (mahnitofón) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Urdu: ٹیپ ریکارْڈَر (ṭep rekārḍar) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Uzbek: magnitofon — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Vietnamese: máy ghi âm — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Vietnamese: máy ghi tiếng — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound
  • Yiddish: מאַגנעטאָפֿאָן (magnetofon) — an electromechanical device use to record and play back sound