Definitions and meaning of folio
folio
English
Etymology
From Middle English folio (“leaf of a book”), borrowed from Medieval Latin foliō, Late Latin foliō, Latin foliō, the ablative singular form of Late Latin folium (“leaf or sheet of paper”), Latin folium (“leaf of a plant”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“bloom, flower”). Doublet of foil and folium, and distantly related to phyllo and phyllon.
Senses 1, 2, 3.1, 5, and 6 relating to a leaf or page are derived from Medieval Latin foliō in references; sense 5 (“page in an account book”) may be derived from Italian foglio (“rectangular sheet of paper”), from Latin folium. Senses 3.2 and 3.3 relating to a paper size are from Italian in foglio or its etymon Latin in foliō.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfəʊlɪəʊ/, /ˈfəʊljəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊliˌoʊ/
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- Rhymes: -əʊljəʊ
- Hyphenation: fo‧lio
Noun
folio (plural folios)
- A leaf of a book or manuscript.
- A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
- (by extension, printing)
- A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
- A sheet of paper folded in half.
- A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 centimetres in height.
- Synonyms: (all abbreviations) F, f, fo, 2º
- A wrapper for loose papers.
- (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
- (computing) A protective case with a flap that folds to cover the screen of a mobile device.
- (law, dated) A leaf containing a certain number of words; hence, a certain number of words in a piece of writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words. [19th – early 20th c.]
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Verb
folio (third-person singular simple present folios, present participle folioing, simple past and past participle folioed)
- (transitive) To put a serial number on (a folio or page, or on all the folios or pages of a book); to foliate, to page.
Translations
References
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin folium (“leaf, sheet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foˈlio/
- Rhymes: -io
- Hyphenation: fo‧li‧o
Noun
folio (accusative singular folion, plural folioj, accusative plural foliojn)
- (botany) leaf
- sheet
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
From German Folie, from Latin folium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfolio/, [ˈfo̞lio̞]
- Rhymes: -olio
- Syllabification(key): fo‧li‧o
- Hyphenation(key): fo‧lio
Noun
folio
- foil (very thin sheet of metal)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “folio”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto folio., from Latin folium
Pronunciation
Noun
folio (plural folii)
- (botany) leaf
- (thin) sheet
- folio (leaf/sheet of paper)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Latin folium.
Noun
folio (plural folio-folio)
- folio (in general senses)
- (accounting) folio (a page in an account book)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɔ.li.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔː.li.o]
Etymology 1
From folium (“leaf”) + -ō (suffix forming verbs from nouns or adjectives).
Verb
foliō (present infinitive foliāre, perfect active foliāvī, supine foliātum); first conjugation
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) (of a metal, such as gold) to make into leaf/foil
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
foliō n
- dative/ablative singular of folium
References
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “foliare”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin folio.
Pronunciation
Noun
folio n (uncountable)
- folio
Declension
Further reading
- “folio”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
fȏlio m (Cyrillic spelling фо̑лио)
- folio
Declension
Further reading
- “folio”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfoljo/ [ˈfo.ljo]
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- Rhymes: -oljo
- Syllabification: fo‧lio
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin folium. Cf. also hoja.
Noun
folio m (plural folios)
- folio (leaf/sheet of paper)
- Synonyms: hoja, pliego
Etymology 2
Verb
folio
- first-person singular present indicative of foliar
Further reading
- “folio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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