envelopper

Etymology

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French envoluper, from en- +‎ voluper (“to wrap, wrap up”) (compare Italian -viluppare; Old Italian alternate form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vlopp- (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wrappaną, *wlappaną (“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”) . Akin to Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, fold”) (Modern English lap (“to wrap, involve, fold”)), Middle English wrappen (“to wrap”), dialectal Danish vravle (“to wind, twist”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, distort”), Old English wearp (“warp”). More at in, wrap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.vlɔ.pe/

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Verb

envelopper

1. to wrap someone or something, to cover.
2. to envelop

Further reading

• “envelopper” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).