🇵🇹 portugais

envelopes

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

os envelopes

envelopes

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envelopes
/us ẽveˈlɔpis/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on envelopes en portugais ?

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/us ẽveˈlɔpis/

How do you pronounce envelopes in portugais?

envelopes is pronounced /us ẽveˈlɔpis/ in portugais.

Exemples de phrases

O envelope azul contém documentos importantes que precisam ser enviados hoje.

The blue envelope contains important documents that need to be sent today.

Encontrei um envelope antigo no armário e descobri que era uma carta de amor.

I found an old envelope in the cabinet and discovered it was a love letter.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Envelopes (o envelope) is masculine in Portuguese because it is a direct borrowing from French "enveloppe." In French, "enveloppe" is feminine, but when borrowed into Portuguese, it retained masculine gender, likely because Portuguese speakers associated it with other masculine nouns or the borrowing process resulted in masculine gender assignment. This is an exception to the general pattern that most Portuguese nouns ending in "-e" are feminine.

Comment dit-on envelopes en portugais ?

En portugais, envelopes se dit os envelopes — masculine.

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