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1 envelopper
envelopper [ɑ̃v(ə)lɔpe]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. [+ objet, enfant] to wrap• voulez-vous que je vous l'enveloppe ? shall I wrap it for you?b. [brume] to shroud2. reflexive verb► s'envelopper (dans une couverture, un châle) to wrap o.s.* * *ɑ̃vlɔpe
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1) ( recouvrir) [personne] to wrap [somebody/something] (up); [housse] to cover2) ( entourer) [brouillard, silence, nuit] to envelop; [brume] to veil; [mystère, secret] to surround
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s'envelopper verbe pronominal to wrap oneself (up)s'envelopper la tête d'un turban — ( le mettre) to wrap one's head in a turban; ( le porter) to wear a turban
* * *ɑ̃v(ə)lɔpe vt[cadeau, paquet] to wrap, fig to envelop, to shroud* * *envelopper verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( recouvrir) [personne] to wrap [sb/sth] (up) [personne, objet] (dans in); [housse, revêtement] to cover [objet]; enveloppe-lui le bras dans un linge humide wrap a damp cloth around his/her arm; je vous l'enveloppe? Comm shall I wrap it for you?; un manteau l'enveloppait he/she was wrapped (up) in a coat; le papier qui enveloppait le vase était rose the paper around the vase was pink;2 ( encercler) [brouillard, silence, nuit] to envelop; [brume] to veil; [mystère, secret] to surround; sommets enveloppés de brume peaks shrouded in mist; maison enveloppée par les flammes house engulfed by flames;3 ( entourer) envelopper qn de soins/tendresse to surround sb with care/affection; envelopper la baie du regard to gaze around at the bay; envelopper son offre de conditions to hedge one's proposal around with various conditions; meurtre enveloppé de mystère murder shrouded in mystery.B s'envelopper vpr to wrap oneself (up); s'envelopper la tête d'un turban ( le mettre) to wrap one's head in a turban; ( le porter) to wear a turban; s'envelopper de mystère to shroud oneself in ou to surround oneself with mystery.[ɑ̃vlɔpe] verbe transitif1. [empaqueter] to wrap (up)2. [emmailloter] to wrap (up)envelopper un enfant dans une couverture to wrap a child in a blanket ou a blanket around a child3. [entourer]————————s'envelopper dans verbe pronominal plus préposition[vêtement] to wrap oneself in
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