sachet

See also: Sachet

English

Crewel sachet

Sachets of toothpaste

Etymology

Borrowed from French sachet.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: sashay
• Rhymes: -æʃeɪ, -eɪ

Noun

sachet (plural sachets)

1. A small scented cloth bag filled with fragrant material such as herbs or potpourri.
2. (cooking) A cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices added during cooking and then removed before serving.
3. A small, sealed packet containing a single-use quantity of any material.

   My burger arrived with a plastic sachet of tomato ketchup.

Derived terms

• sacheted

Translations

cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices

• Dutch: sachet n
• French: sachet (fr) m
• Portuguese: sachê m

• Russian: саше́ (ru) n (sašé)
• Turkish: kese (tr)

small, sealed packet

• Dutch: sachet n
• French: sachet (fr) m
• German: Sachet n

• Persian: ساشه‎ (sâše)
• Portuguese: sachê m
• Russian: (герметичный) паке́тик (ru) m (pakétik), саше́ (ru) n (sašé)

Anagrams

• 'stache, 'taches, achest, chaste, chates, cheats, he-cats, scathe, she-cat, stache, taches, thecas

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French sachet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ.ʃɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sa‧chet

Noun

sachet n (plural sachets, diminutive sachetje n)

1. sachet

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French

Etymology

sac +‎ -et, with palatalization of c

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ʃɛ/

Noun

sachet m (plural sachets)

1. (small) bag

Further reading

• “sachet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• séchât, taches, tachés, tâches, tâchés