Dictionary

wrapper en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹæpɚ/
• (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping.
   • Messy trains are horrible, but you can sort of understand passengers leaving their sandwich wrappers and paper cups if there is nowhere to dispose of them. 2023 April 5, Pip Dunn, “'196s' giving commuters a smoother ride”, in RAIL, number 980, page 55:
2. An outer garment; a loose robe or dressing gown.
   • Please to examine, at your leisure, the inner linings of the cuff of his left sleeve, and the several little packages which may be found in the somewhat capacious pockets of his embroidered morning wrapper. 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, William Wilson:
   • It was eight o'clock to-morrow evening when I buckled up my travelling writing-desk in its leather case, paid my Bill, and got on my warm coats and wrappers. 1855, Charles Dickens, “The Holly-tree. Third Branch—The Bill”, in Christmas Stories […] (The Works of Charles Dickens; XV), de luxe edition, London: Chapman and Hall, published 1881, →OCLC, page 63:
3. One who, or that which, wraps.
   • He proved to be a remarkably efficient wrapper of parcels.
4. (qualifier:object-oriented programming) A construct, such as a class or module, that serves to mediate access to another.
   • We need a Perl wrapper for this C++ library.
5. (derogatory) A startup company that sells technology that it largely does not make.

Forms

Deriveds

railway wrapper · wrappered · app wrapper · lumpia wrapper · tax wrapper · fish-wrapper · candy wrapper · dustwrapper · plain wrapper · plain brown wrapper · wrapperless · fish wrapper

Descendants

lapa

Synonyms

adapter (construct that mediates access) · wrapper class · primitive wrapper class

Translations (68)

ms sarung (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · fi kauhtana (a negligée or loose dressing gown) · ga cumhdach (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · bg хала́т (a negligée or loose dressing gown) · ru хала́т (a negligée or loose dressing gown) · fr classe wrapper ((computing) A construct that serves to mediate access to another object) · ru наки́дка (a negligée or loose dressing gown) · es envoltura (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · ja 包装紙 (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · ota زار (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · ru ночну́шка (a negligée or loose dressing gown) · ca embolcall (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · uk обго́ртка (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · eo kovrilo (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · es envoltorio (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · km ស្រោម (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · be пакава́нне (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · ru упако́вка (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · fr enveloppe (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · bg хавли́я (a negligée or loose dressing gown) · ja 上包み (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · ru фа́нтик (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · ca embolcall ((computing) A construct that serves to mediate access to another object) · ko 포장지 (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · uk упакува́ння (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · mba putos (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · bg опакова́ч (a person who wraps parcels etc) · be пакава́ньне (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · fi paketoija (a person who wraps parcels etc) · fr emballeuse (a person who wraps parcels etc) · fr emballeur (a person who wraps parcels etc) · pl opakowanie (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · be абго́ртка (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · fi kääre (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · cs obal (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · de Wrapper-Klasse ((computing) A construct that serves to mediate access to another object) · nl omslag (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · be упако́ўка (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · sv omslag (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · ceb putos (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · bg опако́вка (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · fi wrapperi ((computing) A construct that serves to mediate access to another object) · cs obálka (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · de Verpackung (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · cmn 包裝紙 /包装纸 (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · la involūcrum (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · nl verpakking (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · ru суперобло́жка (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · hy շապիկ (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · pt embalagem (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · sv linne (a negligée or loose dressing gown) · fi kääre ((computing) A construct that serves to mediate access to another object) · ru чехо́л (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · bg обви́вка (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · be пако́ўка (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · ar غِلَاف (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · de Umschlag (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · fi aamutakki (a negligée or loose dressing gown) · ru упако́вщица (a person who wraps parcels etc) · ru пеньюа́р (a negligée or loose dressing gown) · ru упако́вщик (a person who wraps parcels etc) · cho afoachi (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · es bata (a negligée or loose dressing gown) · ga scaoilteog (a negligée or loose dressing gown) · es convoluto (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · fr emballage (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · ru обёртка (something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection) · fi kääreluokka ((computing) A construct that serves to mediate access to another object)