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Borrowed from Latin compactum (“agreement”).

From Middle French compact, from Latin compāctus, perfect passive participle of compingō (“join together”), from com- (“together”) + pangō (“fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh2ǵ- (“to attach, fix, fasten”).

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: կիպ (kip) — closely packed
• Azerbaijani: kip — closely packed
• Bulgarian: плътен (plǎten) — closely packed
• Catalan: compacte — closely packed
• Chinese Mandarin: 緊湊的 /紧凑的 (jǐncòu de) — closely packed
• Czech: kompaktní — closely packed
• Dutch: compact — closely packed
• Finnish: tiivis — closely packed
• Finnish: kompakti — closely packed
• French: compact — closely packed
• Galician: compacto — closely packed
• Greek: συμπαγής (sympagís) — closely packed
• Greek: πυκνός (pyknós) — closely packed
• Ancient Greek: εὐπαγής (eupagḗs) — closely packed
• Hebrew: דחוס (dakhús) — closely packed
• Hungarian: kompakt — closely packed
• Irish: dlúth — closely packed
• Italian: compatto — closely packed
• Māori: raungaiti — closely packed
• Māori: kiato — closely packed
• Occitan: compacte — closely packed
• Portuguese: compacto — closely packed
• Romagnol: mazèz — closely packed
• Romanian: compact — closely packed
• Russian: компа́ктный (kompáktnyj) — closely packed
• Russian: пло́тный (plótnyj) — closely packed
• Sardinian: cumpàttu — closely packed
• Spanish: compacto — closely packed
• Tagalog: siksik — closely packed
• Turkish: kompakt — closely packed
• Ukrainian: компа́ктний (kompáktnyj) — closely packed
• Azerbaijani: yığcam — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• Bulgarian: компактен (kompakten) — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• Dutch: compact — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• Finnish: kompakti — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• French: compact — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• Galician: compacto — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• Greek: περιεκτικός (periektikós) — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• Greek: συμπαγής (sympagís) — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• Portuguese: compacto — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• Romanian: compact — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• Russian: компа́ктный (kompáktnyj) — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• Sardinian: cumpàttu — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• Swedish: kompakt — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• Turkish: kompakt — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• Ukrainian: компа́ктний (kompáktnyj) — having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space
• Chinese Mandarin: 緊的 /紧的 (jǐn de) — topological sense
• Chinese Mandarin: 緊致的 /紧致的 (jǐnzhì de) — topological sense
• Dutch: compact — topological sense
• Finnish: kompakti — topological sense
• French: compact — topological sense
• Galician: compacto — topological sense
• German: kompakt — topological sense
• Greek: συμπεπιεσμένος (sympepiesménos) — topological sense
• Hebrew: קומפקטי (kompákti) — topological sense
• Hungarian: kompakt — topological sense
• Icelandic: þjappað — topological sense
• Kazakh: ықшам (yqşam) — topological sense
• Polish: zwarty — topological sense
• Polish: zwarta — topological sense
• Portuguese: compacto — topological sense
• Romanian: compact — topological sense
• Swedish: kompakt — topological sense
• Turkish: tıkız — topological sense
• Bulgarian: договор (dogovor) — agreement or contract
• Bulgarian: споразумение (sporazumenie) — agreement or contract
• Chinese Mandarin: 協議 /协议 (xiéyì) — agreement or contract
• Dutch: pact — agreement or contract
• Dutch: contract — agreement or contract
• Dutch: overeenkomst — agreement or contract
• Dutch: verdrag — agreement or contract
• Galician: acordo — agreement or contract
• German: pakt — agreement or contract
• German: Kontrakt — agreement or contract
• German: over — agreement or contract
• German: Vertrag — agreement or contract
• Greek: σύμβαση (sýmvasi) — agreement or contract
• Greek: συμφωνία (symfonía) — agreement or contract
• Greek: συμβόλαιο (symvólaio) — agreement or contract
• Ancient Greek: συνθήκη (sunthḗkē) — agreement or contract
• Hungarian: egyezmény — agreement or contract
• Hungarian: megállapodás — agreement or contract
• Irish: acht — agreement or contract
• Latin: compectum — agreement or contract
• Portuguese: acordo — agreement or contract
• Portuguese: contrato — agreement or contract
• Portuguese: pacto — agreement or contract
• Russian: пакт (pakt) — agreement or contract
• Russian: сде́лка (sdélka) — agreement or contract
• Russian: догово́р (dogovór) — agreement or contract
• Spanish: acuerdo — agreement or contract
• Czech: pudřenka — small, slim folding case, often holding a mirror
• Danish: pudderdåse — small, slim folding case, often holding a mirror
• French: poudrier — small, slim folding case, often holding a mirror
• German: Puderdose — small, slim folding case, often holding a mirror
• Greek: πουδριέρα (poudriéra) — small, slim folding case, often holding a mirror
• Hungarian: púderdoboz — small, slim folding case, often holding a mirror
• Japanese: コンパクト (konpakuto) — small, slim folding case, often holding a mirror
• Manx: kishtey poodyr — small, slim folding case, often holding a mirror
• Polish: puderniczka — small, slim folding case, often holding a mirror
• Swedish: puderdosa — small, slim folding case, often holding a mirror
• Turkish: pudralık — small, slim folding case, often holding a mirror
• Turkish: pudriyer — small, slim folding case, often holding a mirror
• Vietnamese: hộp phấn trang điểm — small, slim folding case, often holding a mirror
• Bulgarian: сбивам (sbivam) — make more dense
• Bulgarian: сгъстявам (sgǎstjavam) — make more dense
• Catalan: compactar — make more dense
• Dutch: compactificeren — make more dense
• Dutch: samenpersen — make more dense
• Dutch: verdichten — make more dense
• Galician: compactar — make more dense
• German: komprimieren — make more dense
• Greek: συμπυκνώνω (sympyknóno) — make more dense
• Greek: συμπτύσσω (symptýsso) — make more dense
• Greek: πατικώνω (patikóno) — make more dense
• Hebrew: דחס (dakhás) — make more dense
• Hungarian: tömörít — make more dense
• Irish: comhdhlúthaigh — make more dense
• Irish: dlúthaigh — make more dense
• Italian: compattare — make more dense
• Māori: whakakiato — make more dense
• Occitan: compactar — make more dense
• Portuguese: compactar — make more dense
• Spanish: compactar — make more dense
• Spanish: apelmazar — make more dense