envelop

Betekenis (Engels)

To surround, enclose or enfold.

Concepten

omhullen

inwikkelen

hullen

omvatten

toestoppen

woelen

omsingelen

omwikkelen

omgeven

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

envelopper

envolver

inviluppare

avviluppare

einhüllen

avvolgere

infagottare

avvòlgere

περιτυλίσσω

umhüllen

umschlagen

einwickeln

περιτυλίγω

τυλίγω

empaquetar

📦

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɛnˈvɛləp/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: envolupen

Verwant aan Italiaans: viluppare

Verwant aan Middelengels: wlappen

Verwant aan Middelnederlands: lappen

Verwant aan Deens: -

Verwant aan 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.