How to pronounce packet
American English pronunciation
PAK-it
- IPA
- /ˈpækɪt/
- Syllables
- PAK · it (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What packet means
Most people know packet in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A ship carrying mail and passengers on a set route
In a sentence: The packet left the dock every Tuesday with sacks of mail and passengers bound for Boston.
Where it comes from: It comes from a French word for a small bundle. The first of these ships carried the government's packets of letters.
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