envelop

Senso (Inglese)

To surround, enclose or enfold.

Concetti

avviluppare

inviluppare

avvolgere

avvòlgere

infagottare

avolggere

circondare

accerchiare

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

envolver

envelopper

omhullen

einhüllen

omvatten

inwikkelen

hullen

umhüllen

περιτυλίσσω

toestoppen

woelen

einwickeln

περιτυλίγω

umschlagen

τυλίγω

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɛnˈvɛləp/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: envolupen

Affine italiano: viluppare

Affine inglese medio: wlappen

Affine olandese medio: lappen

Affine danese: -

Affine 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.