audiotape

audiotape

See also: audio tape

English

Alternative forms

• audio tape

Etymology

audio +‎ tape

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, p. 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) 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) 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, 用磁带录制 (yòng cídài lùzhì) Finnish: äänittää (fi) Russian: запи́сывать на плёнку impf (zapísyvatʹ na pljónku), записа́ть на плёнку pf (zapisátʹ na pljónku) Vietnamese: ghi âm (vi), thu âm