packet
A small pack or packageA small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
» Tom smoked two packets of cigarettes yesterday.
Том вчера выкурил две пачки сигарет. — marafon
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9 sensesA small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
Don't throw the crisp packet on the floor!
a packet of letters
Päckchen, Packung
паке́тpakét, па́чкаpáčka
паке́тpakét, па́чкаpáčka
a small package or bundle
Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).
A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
Paket
паке́тpakét
A protocol data unit of the Internet Protocol.
A message sent over a transport layer protocol.
(South Africa)A plastic bag.
2012 August 6, Wendy Knowler, Plastic packets: who bags the profits?
(slang)Synonym of package (“male genitalia”).
(informal)A large amount of money.
It'll cost a packet to fix this.
Examples
58 sentencesTom smoked two packets of cigarettes yesterday.
ruТом вчера выкурил две пачки сигарет. — marafon
Emily bought a packet of crisps.
Емілі купила пакетик чіпсів. — deniko
ruЭмили купила пакетик чипсов. — odexed
deEmilie hat sich eine Tüte Kartoffelchips gekauft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I bought two packets of pistachios.
ruЯ купил два пакета фисташек. — marafon
He opened a packet of biscuits.
deEr machte eine Tüte Kekse auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She opened a packet of biscuits.
deSie öffnete eine Packung Kekse. — Yorwba
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pacquet; either from Middle French pacquet, or formed independently frFrom Middle English pacquet; either from Middle French pacquet, or formed independently from pak and -et.
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