different between envelop vs lacquer

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)

1. (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)

1. An envelope, closing paper wrapper as used for mailing

Synonyms

• briefomslag

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: amplop
  • ? Ternate: amflop

Anagrams

• leven op, opleven

English

Alternative forms

• lacker

Etymology

Borrowed from French lacque (“a sort of sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca, lacca (“gum lac”), from Persian ???? (l?k), from Hindi ??? (l?kh), from Sanskrit ?????? (l?k??).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?læk.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?læk.?/
• Rhymes: -æk?(r)

Noun

lacquer (countable and uncountable, plural lacquers)

1. A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.
2. A similar finish, baked onto the inside of cans.

Synonyms

• varnish

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

lacquer (third-person singular simple present lacquers, present participle lacquering, simple past and past participle lacquered)

1. To apply a lacquer to something or to give something a smooth, glossy finish.

Translations

Further reading

• lacquer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lacquer in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• lacquer at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Racquel