paquet

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French paquet.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

paquet m (plural paquets)

  1. packet, parcel
  2. punishment, sanction

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French paquet, from Middle Dutch pac (Dutch pak), from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pa.kɛ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

paquet m (plural paquets)

  1. packet
  2. pack (of cards)
  3. parcel
  4. bundle (of clothes)
  5. (rugby) pack
  6. (colloquial) wad (of cash)
    Il a touché un bon paquet.
    He got a fat sum.
    (literally, “He got a big wad.”)

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Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: paquet
  • German: Paket
  • Ottoman Turkish: پاكت (paket)
  • Sicilian: pachettu
  • Spanish: paquete

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