noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌvɪdi.oʊkəˈsɛt/
/ˈvɪdi.oʊkəˌsɛt/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A cassette containing a blank or prerecorded videotape on which visual images and sounds are recorded for use with a VCR.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a cassette for videotape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cassette, video recording, video
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh1yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. English audioinflu. English video English video- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Proto-Italic *kapsos Latin capsa Old Northern French casse Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Middle French -ette French cassettebor. English cassette English videocassette From video- + cassette.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
كَاسِيت فِيدِيُو
(kāsīt vīdiyō)
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Armenian:
տեսաերիզ
(tesaeriz)
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Belarusian:
відэакасе́та
(videakasjéta)
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Bulgarian:
видеокасе́та
(videokaséta)
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Chinese Mandarin:
錄像帶 /录像带
(lùxiàngdài)
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Czech:
videokazeta
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Danish:
videobånd
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Danish:
videokassette
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Dutch:
videocassette
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Esperanto:
videokasedo
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Finnish:
videokasetti
— cassette containing recorded videotape
French:
vidéocassette
— cassette containing recorded videotape
German:
Videokassette
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Greek:
βιντεοκασέτα
(vinteokaséta)
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Hungarian:
videokazetta
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Indonesian:
videokaset
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Irish:
físchaiséad
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Italian:
videocassetta
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Japanese:
ビデオカセット
(bideokasetto)
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Japanese:
ビデオ
(bideo)
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Korean:
비디오 카세트
(bidio kaseteu)
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Latvian:
videokasete
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Lithuanian:
video kasetę
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Macedonian:
видеокасе́та
(videokaséta)
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Norwegian Bokmål:
videokassett
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Persian:
کاست ویدیویی
(kâset-e vidiyoyi)
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Piedmontese:
video-cassiëtta
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Polish:
kaseta wideo
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Polish:
wideokaseta
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Polish:
kaseta magnetowidowa
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Portuguese:
videocassete
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Romanian:
videocasetă
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Russian:
видеокассе́та
(videokasséta)
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Serbo-Croatian:
видеокасѐта
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Serbo-Croatian:
videokasèta
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Slovak:
videokazeta
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Slovene:
video kaseta
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Spanish:
videocasete
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Spanish:
cinta de vídeo
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Swedish:
videokassett
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Turkish:
video kaset
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Ukrainian:
відеокасе́та
(videokaséta)
— cassette containing recorded videotape
Vietnamese:
băng hình
— cassette containing recorded videotape
