different between envelop vs enamel
envelop
English
Alternative forms
- invelop, invelope (obsolete)
- envelope (archaic)
Etymology
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 alternate form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vuloppare (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlappan?, *wrappan? (“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”) [1]. 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.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?n-v?l??p, IPA(key): /?n?v?l?p/
Verb
envelop (third-person singular simple present envelops, present participle enveloping, simple past and past participle enveloped)
- (transitive) To surround or enclose.
Translations
See also
- envelope
Dutch
Alternative forms
- enveloppe
Etymology
Borrowed from French enveloppe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.v??l?p/, /??n.v??l?p/
- Hyphenation: en?ve?lop
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
envelop f (plural enveloppen, diminutive envelopje n)
- An envelope, closing paper wrapper as used for mailing
Synonyms
- briefomslag
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: amplop
- ? Ternate: amflop
Anagrams
- leven op, opleven
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enamel
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??næm?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??næm?l/
- Rhymes: -æm?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English enamel, from Anglo-Norman enamailler, from en- (“in-”) + amailler (“to enamel”), variant of Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmal (“enamel”), from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltijan? (“to smelt”). Compare German schmelzen, Danish smelte (“to melt”).
Noun
enamel (countable and uncountable, plural enamels)
- An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
- A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
- The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
- A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English enamelen, from the noun (see above).
Verb
enamel (third-person singular simple present enamels, present participle (US) enameling or (UK) enamelling, simple past and past participle (US) enameled or (UK) enamelled)
- (transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
- (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
- (transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
- (transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
Derived terms
- enamelware
- porcelain enamel
- vitreous enamel
Translations
Anagrams
- Leeman, Manele, Melena, manele, melena
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