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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries서류 봉투
Pronunciation / Transliteration: seoryu bongtu
"중요한 계약서를 서류 봉투에 넣었습니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A heavy-duty protective container, typically made of paper, plastic, or Tyvek, used for storing, protecting, and transporting official papers without folding them.
"She placed the signed contracts securely inside a reinforced document envelope before mailing them." - 2
A transparent or semi-transparent sleeve attached to the outside of a larger package to hold shipping invoices, packing slips, or customs documents.
"The courier slid the shipping manifest into the adhesive document envelope on the side of the box."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'document' (from Latin 'documentum', meaning a lesson, proof, or written instrument, via Old French) and 'envelope' (from French 'envelopper', meaning to wrap up or envelop). The compound term emerged in administrative and postal contexts during the late 19th century to describe specialized protective containers designed specifically for holding paper records.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Document envelope" is said worldwide
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enveloppe pour documents
Transliteration: ãvlop pur dokümã
"Veuillez insérer le contrat dans l'enveloppe pour documents."
Dokumententasche
Transliteration: dokumɛntanˌtaʃə
"Stecken Sie die Papiere in die Dokumententasche."
busta per documenti
Transliteration: busta per dokumenti
"Ho messo i certificati nella busta per documenti."
sobre para documentos
Transliteration: sobre para dokumentos
"Guarda los papeles importantes en el sobre para documentos."
envelope para documentos
Transliteration: ẽvɛlɔpi para dokumentus
"Coloque o contrato no envelope para documentos."
दस्तावेज़ लिफाफा
Transliteration: dastavez lifafa
"महत्वपूर्ण कागजात दस्तावेज़ लिफाफे में रखें।"
文件信封
Transliteration: wénjiàn xìnfēng
"请把合同放在文件信封里。"
서류 봉투
Transliteration: seoryu bongtu
"중요한 계약서를 서류 봉투에 넣었습니다."
書類用封筒
Transliteration: shoriyou fūtō
"大切な書類を書類用封筒に入れました。"
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