package

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpækɪdʒ/, X-SAMPA: /"p{kIdZ/

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Etymology

From pack + -age (act of packaging) or from cognate Dutch pakkage.

Noun

package (plural packages)

1. Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
2. Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.

   Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?

3. The art of packing something.
4. Something resembling a package.
5. A package holiday.
6. A football formation. IE; the "dime" defensive package.
7. (euphemistic) The male genitalia.

Translations

something which is packed

• Albanian: paketë (sq) f
• Arabic: صرة (ʂúrra) f, صرة (ar) (ʂúrra) f
• Armenian: փաթեթ (hy) (p’at’yet’)
• Basque: paketea (eu)
• Catalan: paquet (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 包裹 (cmn) (bāoguǒ)

• Czech: balík (cs) m
• Danish: pakke (da)
• Dutch: pak (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pakkaus (fi), paketti (fi)
• French: paquet (fr) m
• Georgian: პაკეტი (ka) (paketi), შეკვრა (ka) (šekvra)
• German: Paket (de) n
• Greek: πακέτο (el) (paketo) n

• Hebrew: חבילה (he) (khavilá) f
• Hungarian: csomag (hu)
• Icelandic: pakki (is) m, böggull (is) m
• Ido: paketo (io)
• Italian: pacco (it) m
• Japanese: 包み (ja) (つつみ, tsutsumi)
• Khmer: កញ្ចប់ (km) (kanh jorb)
• Korean: 짐 (ko) (jim), 꾸러미 (ko) (kkureomi), 짐꾸러미 (ko) (jim-kkureomi)
• Portuguese: pacote (pt) m
• Russian: посылка (ru) (posýlka) f (parcel), пакет (ru) (pakét) m
• Serbian: pošiljka f
• Spanish: paquete (es) m
• Swedish: paket (sv) n
• Tagalog: pakete (tl)
• Vietnamese: kiện hàng (vi)

something consisting of components

• Catalan: paquet (ca) m
• Finnish: paketti (fi)
• German: Paket (de) n

• Italian: pacchetto (it) m
• Russian: пакет (ru) (pakét) m

art of packing

• Catalan: empaquetatge (ca) m
• Finnish: pakkaaminen (fi)

• Russian: упаковка (ru) (upakóvka) f
• Swedish: paketering (sv) c

something resembling a package

• Basque: pakete (eu)
• Catalan: paquet (ca) m
• Finnish: pakkaus (fi), paketti (fi)

• Italian: pacco (it) m
• Russian: пакет (ru) (pakét) m
• Swedish: paket (sv) n

package holiday

• Catalan: paquet (ca) de viatge (ca) m
• Finnish: pakettiloma

• Italian: pacchetto (it) m
• Swedish: paketresa (sv) c

football formation

• Finnish: ryhmitys

male genitalia

• Catalan: paquet (ca) m
• Italian: pacco (it) m

• Spanish: (Chile) paquete (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: 包裹 (bāoguǒ)
• German: Pack n (2), Packung f (2,3)
• Kurdish: به‌سته‌ک

Verb

package (third-person singular simple present packages, present participle packaging, simple past and past participle packaged)

1. To pack or bundle something.
2. To travel on a package holiday.

Translations

to pack

• Catalan: empaquetar (ca)
• Finnish: pakata (fi)
• French: empaqueter (fr), emballer (fr)
• German: packen (de), einpacken (de)

• Icelandic: pakka (is)
• Japanese: 包む (つつむ, tsutsumu)
• Spanish: empaquetar (es)
• Swedish: packa (sv)

to go on a package holiday

• Finnish: mennä pakettimatkalle