involucre

See also: involucré

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnvəˌluːkə(ɹ)/

Noun

involucre (plural involucres)

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

Derived terms

• involucral
• involucrate
• involucred

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 (pl) f Romanian: involucru (ro) n Russian: обёртка (ru) f (objórtka) Spanish: involucro (es) m

Anagrams

• volucrine

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin involūcrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [im.buˈlu.kɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [iɱ.vuˈlu.kɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱ.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, 2025

French

Etymology

Borrowed from 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.

Spanish

Verb

involucre

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