involucre

involucre

See also: involucré

English

hazelnuts with involucre

Etymology

Borrowed from French involucre, from Latin involūcrum (“wrapper”). Doublet of involucrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnvəˈluːkə(ɹ)/

Noun

involucre (plural involucres)

1. (botany) Conspicuous bract, bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.

Translations

conspicuous bract

Catalan: involucre (ca) m Dutch: involucrum (nl) n French: involucre (fr) m Galician: invólucro (gl) German: Hüllblatt (de) n Italian: involucro (it) m Japanese: 総苞 (そうほう, sōhō) Polish: okrywa f Romanian: involucru (ro) n Russian: обёртка (ru) f (objórtka) Spanish: involucro (es) m

Anagrams

• volucrine

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin involūcrum

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /im.vuˈlu.kɾə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im.buˈlu.kɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.voˈlu.kɾe/

Noun

involucre m (plural involucres)

1. (botany) involucre

Related terms

• involucrar

Further reading

• “involucre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

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French

Etymology

Latin involūcrum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.vɔ.lykʁ/

Noun

involucre m (plural involucres)

1. (botany) involucre

Further reading

• “involucre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Verb

involucre

1. inflection of involucrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative