paper bag

English

Alternative forms

• paper-bag, paperbag

Etymology

From paper +‎ bag.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

paper bag (plural paper bags)

1. A bag made of paper, especially a firm brown kind intended for use carrying groceries.

Usage notes

Particularly in US English, paper bag and brown bag both appear in a variety of idiomatic expressions concerning butterfaces, people considered attractive apart from their face.

Hyponyms

• brown bag

Derived terms

• paperbag waist, paper bag test, paper bag party, brown paper bag party

Translations

type of packaging

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紙袋 / 纸袋 (zh) (zhǐdài)

• French: sac en papier m
• German: Papiertüte (de) f
• Greek: χαρτοσακούλα (el) f (chartosakoúla)
• Indonesian: kantong kertas
• Italian: busta di carta f
• Japanese: 紙袋 (ja) (かみぶ​くろ, kami-bukuro)
• Korean: 종이 봉지 (jong'i bongji)
• Malay: beg kertas
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: цаасан уут (caasan uut)

  Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠰᠤᠨ
  ᠤᠭᠤᠲᠠ (čaɣasun uɣuta)

• Russian: бумажный паке́т m (bumažnyj pakét)
• Swedish: papperskasse (sv) c, papperspåse (sv) c
• Vietnamese: túi giấy