🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

lecteur de cassette

Pronunciation / Transliteration: lɛktœʁ də kasɛt

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cassette-Player/kəˈsɛtˌpleɪər/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il a écouté de la musique sur son lecteur de cassette."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device used for playing audio recordings stored on cassette tapes.

    "He listened to his favorite music on the cassette-player while driving."
  2. 2

    An electronic device that can also record audio onto cassette tapes.

    "The cassette-player allowed her to record her voice for the first time."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'cassette' originates from the French word 'cassetta', meaning 'a small box', which was adopted in the 1960s to describe a compact audio storage format. 'Player' derives from the Old English 'plegian', meaning 'to play', reflecting the device's function to play audio recordings.

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