package

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpækɪdʒ/, 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 (zh) (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) 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)

something consisting of components

Catalan: paquet (ca) m. Finnish: paketti (fi)

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.

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Mandarin: 包裹 (bāoguǒ) German: Paket n. (2), 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)

Japanese: 包む (つつむ, tsutsumu) Spanish: empaquetar (es) Swedish: packa (sv)

to go on a package holiday

Finnish: mennä pakettimatkalle