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cassette

cassette, tape

noun kah-SET Less Common

Also means

cash box

Usage Note

Cassette originally meant a small box or cash box (a diminutive of casse, 'case'), and that older sense survives in formal or historical contexts. In modern use it most commonly refers to a cassette tape or video cassette. Young French speakers mostly encounter the word via retro nostalgia.

Examples

"J'ai retrouvé une vieille cassette vidéo."

Natural Translation

I found an old video cassette.

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