envelop

Betekenis (Engels)

To surround, enclose or enfold.

Sinonieme

cover

wrap

surround

enclose

enfold

pack

enwrap

shroud

wrap up

encompass

engulf

enshroud

encircle

pervade

clothe

hem in

coat

🧥

screen

sheathe

coil

circumscribe

veil

overlay

cover up

hide

letter

invest

involve

kink

lick

magnanimous

mantle

mask

😷

overspread

overwhelm

package

📦

put on

ring

💍

sheath

shut

smear

swallow

vesture

wind

wrap round

wreathe

close in on

cover over

spread over

spread through

Vertalings

envelopper

envolver

avviluppare

inviluppare

einhüllen

omhullen

hullen

avvolgere

omvatten

inwikkelen

umhüllen

avvòlgere

infagottare

περιτυλίσσω

umschlagen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɛnˈvɛləp/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: envolupen

Verwante met Italiaans: viluppare

Verwante met Middle English: wlappen

Verwante met Middle Dutch: lappen

Verwante met Deens: -

Verwante met Middle Low German: wrempen

In summary

From Middle English envolupen, from Old French anveloper, envoluper (modern French envelopper), from en- + voloper, vloper (“to wrap, wrap up”) (compare Italian -viluppare; Old Italian alternative form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vuloppare (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlappaną, *wrappaną (“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”) http://www.wordnik.com/words/envelop. Akin to Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, fold”) (Modern English lap (“to wrap, involve, fold”)), Middle English wrappen (“to wrap”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), Danish dialectal vravle (“to wind, twist”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, distort”), Old English wearp (“warp”). Doublet of enwrap.