English-French translations for packet

• paquet
  Je commencerai par le petit paquet. I shall begin with the packet.
  Les 25 % conviennent parfaitement à un paquet standard. 25 % is fine for a standard packet of cigarettes.
  Mettre des mises en garde sur les paquets de cigarettes ne suffit pas. Putting warnings on cigarette packets is not enough.
• colis
• balle
• dosette
• sachet

Definition of packet

• A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
• Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel |Wikipedia">w:Packet |Wikipedia
• A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet
• A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (w:Network packet|Wikipedia
• A manbulge
• To make up into a packet or bundle
• To ply with a packet or dispatch boat

Examples

• Dont throw the crisp packet on the floor!
• a packet of letters
• a packet of crisps
• a packet of biscuits
• Itll cost a packet to fix this.

Related words

• packetize
• packetization
• packetiser
• wage-packet
• packet switching
• packet soup
• packet boat
• packet goods
• wave packet