| Example in French | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Il lui faut une nouvelle housse. | - It needs a new slipcover. |
| - Oui. Je vais enlever la housse. | Yes, I'll take the cover off. |
| - Vous pouvez remettre la housse... | - Put the cover back if you want. |
| Alors... j'ai ouvert la housse et pas de collier ! | So I... I pulled the cover back and no necklace. |
| C'est sans doute la housse la plus reconnaissable de tous les temps, | It is probably the most recognizable album cover of all time. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | bedekken,bedelen, bedelven, bekleden | English | cover |
| Esperanto | ĉirkaŭpreni, kovri | Estonian | katma |
| Faroese | tekja | German | bedecken, covern, hüllen, überziehen, zurücklegen |
| Greek | καλύπτω, σκεπάζω, σκεπαρνίζω, σκευάζω | Hungarian | borít, fed, fedez, lep, takar, takarózik |
| Icelandic | fylja, þekja | Italian | coprire, cospargersi, impiombare, incamiciare, peragrare, percorrere, ramare, ricoprire |
| Japanese | 覆う | Latvian | segt |
| Lithuanian | apdengti, dengti, padengti, pridengti, prisidengti, uždengti | Spanish | cobijar, cubrir, cubrirse, encubertar, rebozar, recubrir, tapar, versionar |
