packet

paquet, sachet

Petit sac, boîte ou emballage en papier dans lequel des produits sont vendus.

En anglais simple : A small bag, box, or paper container in which things are sold.

• Open the packet carefully.
• I bought two packets of flower seeds.
• There is one biscuit left in the packet.

Comment l'utiliser : packet of something (She bought a packet of biscuits.)

Synonymes : pack, package

Expressions courantes : packet of crisps, packet of seeds, empty packet

paquet, petit colis

Petit paquet emballé et envoyé par la poste.

En anglais simple : A small wrapped package sent through the post.

• A packet arrived in the post.
• She mailed a packet of documents to the office.
• Have you received the packet I sent?

Synonymes : parcel, package

Expressions courantes : mail a packet, postal packet, sealed packet

paquet, paquet de données

Petite unité de données envoyée par un réseau d’un ordinateur ou appareil à un autre.

En anglais simple : A small unit of data sent from one computer or device to another over a network.

• The router sends each packet to its destination.
• Some packets were lost during transmission.
• Each packet contains a small amount of data.

Synonymes : data packet

Expressions courantes : data packet, packet loss, send a packet

petit paquet, paquet

Petit ensemble d’objets emballés ou attachés ensemble.

En anglais simple : A small bundle or package of things wrapped or held together.

• She tied the packet with string.
• He kept a small packet of letters in the drawer.
• What is inside that cloth packet?

Comment l'utiliser : packet of something (He handed me a packet of old letters.)

Synonymes : bundle, package, parcel

Expressions courantes : small packet, wrapped packet, packet of something

sac plastique

Sac en plastique servant à transporter des choses, surtout dans l’anglais d’Afrique du Sud.

En anglais simple : A plastic bag used to carry things, especially in South African English.

• Put the groceries in a packet.
• She carried two plastic packets home.
• The shop charges for every packet.

Synonymes : plastic bag, carrier bag

Expressions courantes : plastic packet, shopping packet, carry a packet