packaging

English

Verb

packaging

1. present participle and gerund of package

Noun

packaging (usually uncountable, plural packagings)

1. The act of packing something.
2. The materials used to pack something.
3. The industry that produces such material.
4. (by extension) The manner in which a person or product is promoted.
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Derived terms

• packaging gas
• salary packaging

 

Translations

the act of packing something

• Armenian: փաթեթավորում (hy) (pʻatʻetʻavorum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: paketointi (fi), pakkaaminen (fi)
• German: Packen (de) n
• Indonesian: pengemasan (id)
• Norwegian: innpakking m or f, pakketering m or f
• Romanian: împachetare (ro) f
• Russian: пакети́рование (ru) n (paketírovanije), упако́вка (ru) f (upakóvka)
• Spanish: enpaquetamiento, envoltura (es), empaquetado (es) m

the materials used to pack something

• Armenian: փաթեթավորում (hy) (pʻatʻetʻavorum)
• Catalan: embalatge (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: verpakking (nl) f
• Finnish: pakkausmateriaali (fi)
• French: emballage (fr) m
• German: Verpackung (de) f
• Greek: αμπαλάρισμα (el) n (ampalárisma)
• Indonesian: kemasan (id)
• Italian: imballaggio (it) m
• Ligurian: imballàggiu
• Polish: opakowanie (pl) n
• Russian: упако́вка (ru) f (upakóvka)
• Spanish: empaque (es) m
• Swedish: förpackningsmaterial n or n pl, emballage (sv) n or n pl

the industry that produces such material

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: pakkausteollisuus
• German: Verpackungsindustrie (de) f
• Swedish: förpackningsindustri (sv) c

the manner in which a person or product is promoted

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: asu (fi), pakkaus (fi)
• German: Präsentation (de) f
• Spanish: envoltura (es)

French

Noun

packaging m (plural packagings)

1. packaging (material)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English packaging.

Noun

packaging m (uncountable)

1. packaging