audiotape

See also: audio tape

English

Alternative forms

• audio tape

Etymology

From audio +‎ tape.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

audiotape (plural audiotapes)

1. A magnetic tape that stores analog sound for later playback on a tape player.
   • 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 799:

     I thought of an old ad for Memorex audiotape. It showed a crystal glass being shattered by sound vibrations. By pure harmonics.

2. Any of a cassette tape, eight-track tape, reel-to-reel tape, DAT, etc.

Translations

magnetic tape that stores analog sound

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錄音帶 / 录音带 (zh) (lùyīndài)

• Danish: lydbånd n
• Estonian: helilint
• Finnish: ääninauha (fi)
• German: Tonband (de) n
• Hungarian: magnószalag (hu)
• Japanese: オーディオテープ (ōdio tēpu)
• Korean: 오디오 테이프 (odio teipeu)
• Norwegian Bokmål: lydbånd n
• Polish: taśma magnetofonowa f
• Russian: ле́нта звукоза́писи f (lénta zvukozápisi), аудиоплёнка f (audiopljónka)
• Skolt Sami: jiõnnliântt
• Vietnamese: băng ghi âm, băng thu âm

Verb

audiotape (third-person singular simple present audiotapes, present participle audiotaping, simple past and past participle audiotaped)

1. (transitive) To record onto audiotape.

Translations

to record onto audiotape

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 用磁帶錄製 / 用磁带录制 (yòng cídài lùzhì)

• Danish: optage (da), bånde
• Finnish: äänittää (fi)
• Russian: запи́сывать на плёнку impf (zapísyvatʹ na pljónku), записа́ть на плёнку pf (zapisátʹ na pljónku)
• Vietnamese: ghi âm (vi), thu âm