paquet
See also: Paquet
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French paquet.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /pəˈkət/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pəˈkɛt/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /paˈket/
Noun
paquet m (plural paquets)
- packet, parcel
- punishment, sanction
Derived terms
- empaquetar
Further reading
- “paquet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “paquet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “paquet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Dutch pak, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.kɛ/
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Noun
paquet m (plural paquets)
- packet
- pack (of cards)
- parcel
- bundle (of clothes)
- (rugby) pack
- (colloquial) wad (of cash)
- Il a touché un bon paquet.
- He got a fat sum.
- (literally, “He got a big wad.”)
Derived terms
- faire ses paquets
- mettre le paquet
- paquet de mer
- paquetage
Descendants
- → Catalan: paquet
- → German: Paket
- → Romanian: pachet
- → Ottoman Turkish: پاكت (paket)
- Turkish: paket
- → Sicilian: pachettu
- → Spanish: paquete
Further reading
- “paquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.