Meaning

11 senses
  1. A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.

    Briefumschlag, Umschlag

    конве́ртkonvért

    конве́ртkonvért

  2. Something that envelops; a wrapping.

    Umschlag

    обёрткаobjórtka

    обго́рткаobhórtka, заго́рткаzahórtka

  3. A bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship; fabric that encloses the gas-bags of an airship.

    Hülle

    оболо́чкаobolóčka

    оболо́нкаobolónka

    the bag containing the gas in a balloon

  4. A mathematical curve, surface, or higher-dimensional object that is the tangent to a given family of lines, curves, surfaces, or higher-dimensional objects.

    Hüllkurve

    огиба́ющаяogibájuščaja

    a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves

  5. A curve that bounds another curve or set of curves, as the modulation envelope of an amplitude-modulated carrier wave in electronics.

    огиба́ющаяogibájuščaja

  6. The shape of a sound, which may be controlled by a synthesizer or sampler.

    огиба́ющаяogibájuščaja

  7. The information used for routing a message that is transmitted with the message but not part of its contents.

  8. An enclosing structure or cover, such as a membrane; a space between two membranes

    оболо́чкаobolóčka

    оболо́нкаobolónka

  9. The set of limitations within which a technological system can perform safely and effectively.

    push the envelope

  10. The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; a coma.

  11. An earthwork in the form of a single parapet or a small rampart, sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it.

Examples

323 sentences
  1. Stick a stamp on the envelope.

    Наклей марку на конверт.

    ruНаклейте марку на конверт.

    deKleben Sie eine Briefmarke auf den Umschlag.

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  2. Your name is on the envelope.

    На конверті написане твоє ім'я.

    deAuf dem Umschlag steht dein Name.

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  3. Aren't you going to open the envelope?

    Хіба ти не відкриєш конверт?

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  4. I forgot to put a stamp on the envelope.

    Я забув приклеїти марку на конверт.

    deIch habe vergessen, eine Briefmarke auf den Umschlag zu kleben.

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  5. I forgot to write the address on the envelope.

    Я забув написати адресу на конверті.

    ruЯ забыл написать адрес на конверте.

    deIch habe vergessen, die Adresse auf den Umschlag zu schreiben.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
wrapper for mailing:
something that envelops:
bag containing the lifting gas:
Русский
By meaning 4
wrapper for mailing:
something that envelops:
bag containing the lifting gas:
geometry: object that is the tangent to a family of objects:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
wrapper for mailing:
bag containing the lifting gas:
geometry: object that is the tangent to a family of objects:

Forms

plural: envelopes
Singularenvelope
Pluralenvelopes

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the bag containing the gas in a balloon:gasbag

Word family

27 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • an an envelope
  • opened the envelope
  • on the envelope
  • sealed envelope
  • envelope full of
  • give the envelope
  • the envelope open
  • envelope out of
  • envelope full
  • the envelope to
  • envelope open
  • in the envelope

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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