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wrapper

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹæpɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: rapper
  • rhymes with -æpə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: R AE1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An outer garment; a loose robe or dressing gown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One who, or that which, wraps.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He proved to be a remarkably efficient wrapper of parcels.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A construct, such as a class or module, that serves to mediate access to another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: object-oriented programming

Examples

  • We need a Perl wrapper for this C++ library.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A startup company that sells technology that it largely does not make.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a loose dressing gown for women

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: negligee, neglige, peignoir, housecoat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: woman's clothing

Narrower terms: brunch coat, camisole

7

noun

Meaning 7

cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wrap

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cloak

8

noun

Meaning 8

the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wrapping, wrap

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: covering

Narrower terms: envelope, film, plastic film, gift wrapping, jacket, plastic wrap

History

Etymology

From Middle English wrappere, equivalent to wrap + -er.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غِلَاف (ḡilāf) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Armenian: շապիկ (šapik) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Belarusian: абго́ртка (abhórtka) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Belarusian: упако́ўка (upakówka) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Belarusian: пако́ўка (pakówka) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Belarusian: пакава́нне (pakavánnje) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Belarusian: пакава́ньне (pakavánʹnje) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Bulgarian: обви́вка (obvívka) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Bulgarian: опако́вка (opakóvka) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Catalan: embolcall — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Cebuano: putos — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Chinese Mandarin: 包裝紙 /包装纸 (bāozhuāngzhǐ) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Choctaw: afoachi — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Czech: obálka — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Czech: obal — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Dutch: omslag — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Dutch: verpakking — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Esperanto: kovrilo — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Finnish: kääre — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • French: enveloppe — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • French: emballage — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • German: Verpackung — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • German: Umschlag — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Higaonon: putos — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Irish: cumhdach — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Japanese: 包装紙 (hōsōshi) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Japanese: 上包み (uwadzutsumi) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Khmer: ស្រោម (sraom) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Korean: 포장지 (pojangji) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Latin: involūcrum — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Malay: sarung — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Polish: opakowanie — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Portuguese: embalagem — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Russian: обёртка (objórtka) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Russian: упако́вка (upakóvka) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Russian: суперобло́жка (superoblóžka) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Russian: фа́нтик (fántik) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Russian: чехо́л (čexól) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Spanish: envoltura — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Spanish: envoltorio — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Spanish: convoluto — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Swedish: omslag — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Ottoman Turkish: زار (zar) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Ukrainian: обго́ртка (obhórtka) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Ukrainian: упакува́ння (upakuvánnja) — something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection
  • Bulgarian: хала́т (halát) — a negligée or loose dressing gown
  • Bulgarian: хавли́я (havlíja) — a negligée or loose dressing gown
  • Finnish: kauhtana — a negligée or loose dressing gown
  • Finnish: aamutakki — a negligée or loose dressing gown
  • Irish: scaoilteog — a negligée or loose dressing gown
  • Russian: наки́дка (nakídka) — a negligée or loose dressing gown
  • Russian: хала́т (xalát) — a negligée or loose dressing gown
  • Russian: пеньюа́р (penʹjuár) — a negligée or loose dressing gown
  • Russian: ночну́шка (nočnúška) — a negligée or loose dressing gown
  • Spanish: bata — a negligée or loose dressing gown
  • Swedish: linne — a negligée or loose dressing gown
  • Bulgarian: опакова́ч (opakováč) — a person who wraps parcels etc
  • Finnish: paketoija — a person who wraps parcels etc
  • French: emballeur — a person who wraps parcels etc
  • French: emballeuse — a person who wraps parcels etc
  • Russian: упако́вщик (upakóvščik) — a person who wraps parcels etc
  • Russian: упако́вщица (upakóvščica) — a person who wraps parcels etc
  • Catalan: embolcall — (computing) A construct that serves to mediate access to another object.
  • Finnish: kääre — (computing) A construct that serves to mediate access to another object.
  • Finnish: kääreluokka — (computing) A construct that serves to mediate access to another object.
  • Finnish: wrapperi — (computing) A construct that serves to mediate access to another object.
  • French: classe wrapper — (computing) A construct that serves to mediate access to another object.
  • German: Wrapper-Klasse — (computing) A construct that serves to mediate access to another object.
  • Spanish: adaptador — (computing) A construct that serves to mediate access to another object.