Meanings
verbconvolve (third-person singular simple present convolves, present participle convolving, simple past and past participle convolved)
present singular third person convolves · participle present convolving · participle past convolved · past convolved
- transitiveTo roll together, or one part on another
- mathematicsTo form the convolution of something with something else
- computingTo compute the convolution function
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*welH-
- Proto-Italic*wolwō
- Latinvolvō
- Latinconvolvō
- Englishconvolve
Borrowed from Latin convolvere (“roll together”), from con- (“together”) + volvō (“roll”); see voluble, volute, and compare involve, evolve, revolve.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian намотавам
- намотавам (namotavam)roll together
Chinese Mandarin 卷积
- 卷积 (juǎnjī)roll together
German falten
- faltenroll together
Polish zwijać, zwinąć
- zwijaćroll together
- zwinąćroll together
- skręcaćroll together
- skręcićroll together
Spanish convolver
- convolverroll together
Turkish evriştirmek
- evriştirmekroll together
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with convolve
solveinvolveresolveevolvedissolverevolveabsolvedevolvevolvecircumvolvecoevolvedeconvolveexsolveintervolveobvolvepreresolvepresolvereabsolvereconvolveredissolvereevolvereinvolvereresolvere-solve
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
convolve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/convolve
MLA
“convolve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/convolve. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “convolve,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/convolve.
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