sachet

See also: Sachet

English

Crewel sachet
Sachets of toothpaste

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French sachet.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsæʃeɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsæʃeɪ/, /sæˈʃeɪ/
  • (file)
  • 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.
    • 2019 January 15, Christopher Joyce, “A New Weapon In The War Against Plastic Waste”, in npr:
      In the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia, the problem was compounded by a new kind of plastic packaging that took flight in the 1980s — the sachet. It was a plastic pouch but often bulked up with layers of aluminum or paper for shape or durability. [] Sachets are cheap, flashy and convenient.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French sachet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ.ʃɛ/
  • (file)
    here pronounced as IPA(key): /sɑˈʃɛt/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧chet

Noun

sachet n (plural sachets, diminutive sachetje n)

  1. sachet

Descendants

  • Indonesian: saset

French

Etymology

From sac + -et, with palatalization of c.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.ʃɛ/

Noun

sachet m (plural sachets)

  1. (small) bag

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Descendants

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sachet.

Noun

sachet n (plural sachete)

  1. bag

Declension

References

  • sachet in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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