envelopper
French, verb/ɑ̃.vlɔ.pe/
envelopper is spelled E-N-V-E-L-O-P-P-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Envelopper is a French verb meaning “to wrap someone or something, to cover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entourer de tous côtés quelque chose avec du papier, une étoffe, un linge, etc., qui couvre, qui environne de…”.
What does envelopper mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wrap someone or something, to cover
- 2
to envelop
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Entourer de tous côtés quelque chose avec du papier, une étoffe, un linge, etc., qui couvre, qui environne de tous côtés. 2. Voiler ; recouvrir ; cacher. 3. Cacher ; déguiser ; brouiller. 4. Comprendre ; inclure.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of envelopper
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- enveloppant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- enveloppé participle past
- enveloppe first-person indicative present
- enveloppes indicative present second-person
- enveloppons first-person indicative plural
- enveloppez indicative plural present
- enveloppent indicative plural present
- enveloppais first-person imperfect indicative
- enveloppait imperfect indicative singular
- enveloppions first-person imperfect indicative
- enveloppiez imperfect indicative plural
- enveloppaient imperfect indicative plural
- enveloppai first-person historic indicative
- enveloppas historic indicative past
- enveloppa historic indicative past
- enveloppâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce envelopper?
- /ɑ̃.vlɔ.pe/
- \ɑ̃v.lɔ.pe\
- [ɑ̃.vlɔ.pe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to envelopper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is envelopper in French?
envelopper appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).