tape recorder

English

Noun

tape recorder (plural tape recorders)

  1. (sound engineering) An electromechanical device use to record and play back sound, etc.
    Synonyms: cassette deck, tape deck
    • 1964, European Broadcasting Union, EBU Review: Programmes, Administration, Law, volume 83, page 22:
      A cabled despatch is better than nothing, but a voicecast of tolerable quality is preferable, and in certain types of story a voicecast with live or recorded actuality is best of all. Correspondents all have portable tape recorders.

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: bandopnemer (calque)
  • Bengali: টেপ রেকর্ডার (ṭep rekorḍar)
  • Hindi: टेप रिकॉर्डर (ṭep rikŏrḍar)
  • Dutch: bandopnemer (calque); bandrecorder (calque)
  • Japanese: テープレコーダー (tēpurekōdā)
  • Korean: 테이프 레코더 (teipeu rekodeo)
  • Pashto: ټېپ ريکارډر (ṭep-rikārḍár)
  • Tok Pisin: teprikoda
  • Urdu: ٹیپ ریکارڈر (ṭep rikārḍar)

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