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foliage

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈfəʊliɪdʒ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈfoʊliɪd͡ʒ/
  • CMU ARPABET: F OW1 L IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: F OW1 L IY0 IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The leaves of plants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: leafage

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Fall foliage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An architectural ornament representing foliage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

(architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foliation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: architectural ornament

5

noun

Meaning 5

the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: leaf, leafage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plant organ

Narrower terms: cataphyll, floral leaf, dandelion green, pitcher, sporophyll, sporophyl, blade, leaf blade, amplexicaul leaf, greenery, verdure, leaflet, frond, pad, scale, scale leaf, fig leaf, simple leaf, compound leaf, entire leaf, crenate leaf, serrate leaf, dentate leaf, emarginate leaf, erose leaf, runcinate leaf, lobed leaf, parallel-veined leaf, parted leaf, prickly-edged leaf, rosette

History

Etymology

From earlier foilage, from Late Middle English ffoylage, from Middle French feuillage. The more recent form is influenced by Latin folium (“leaf”).

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սաղարթ (saġartʻ) — the leaves of plants
  • Belarusian: лі́сце (líscje) — the leaves of plants
  • Belarusian: лісцё (liscjó) — the leaves of plants
  • Belarusian: лісто́та (listóta) — the leaves of plants
  • Bulgarian: шу́ма (šúma) — the leaves of plants
  • Bulgarian: листа́к (listák) — the leaves of plants
  • Catalan: fullatge — the leaves of plants
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葉子 /叶子 (yèzi) — the leaves of plants
  • Czech: listí — the leaves of plants
  • Danish: løv — the leaves of plants
  • Dutch: gebladerte — the leaves of plants
  • Dutch: loof — the leaves of plants
  • Esperanto: foliaro — the leaves of plants
  • Faroese: leyv — the leaves of plants
  • Finnish: lehdet — the leaves of plants
  • Finnish: lehvistö — the leaves of plants
  • Finnish: lehvästö — the leaves of plants
  • French: feuillage — the leaves of plants
  • Friulian: frind — the leaves of plants
  • Galician: rama — the leaves of plants
  • Galician: ramaxe — the leaves of plants
  • Galician: follaxe — the leaves of plants
  • German: Blätter — the leaves of plants
  • German: Laub — the leaves of plants
  • German: Laubwerk — the leaves of plants
  • German: Blätterwerk — the leaves of plants
  • German: Beblätterung — the leaves of plants
  • German: Belaubung — the leaves of plants
  • Greek: φύλλωμα (fýlloma) — the leaves of plants
  • Greek: φυλλωσιά (fyllosiá) — the leaves of plants
  • Hebrew: עַלְוָה (alvá) — the leaves of plants
  • Hindi: पर्णसमूह (parṇasmūh) — the leaves of plants
  • Hungarian: lomb — the leaves of plants
  • Ido: foliaro — the leaves of plants
  • Irish: duilliúr — the leaves of plants
  • Irish: clúmh — the leaves of plants
  • Italian: fogliame — the leaves of plants
  • Japanese: 木の葉 (ko no ha) — the leaves of plants
  • Korean: 나뭇잎 (namunnip) — the leaves of plants
  • Latin: frons — the leaves of plants
  • Macedonian: лисја (lisja) — the leaves of plants
  • Macedonian: лисје (lisje) — the leaves of plants
  • Malay: dedaun — the leaves of plants
  • Māori: raurau — the leaves of plants
  • Khiamniungan Naga: chá — the leaves of plants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bladverk — the leaves of plants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: løvverk — the leaves of plants
  • Polish: listowie — the leaves of plants
  • Polish: liście — the leaves of plants
  • Portuguese: folhagem — the leaves of plants
  • Romanian: frunze — the leaves of plants
  • Romanian: frunziș — the leaves of plants
  • Romanian: frunzărime — the leaves of plants
  • Russian: листва́ (listvá) — the leaves of plants
  • Russian: ли́стья (lístʹja) — the leaves of plants
  • Serbo-Croatian: ли̑шће — the leaves of plants
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȋšće — the leaves of plants
  • Slovak: lístie — the leaves of plants
  • Slovene: listje — the leaves of plants
  • Lower Sorbian: list — the leaves of plants
  • Spanish: follaje — the leaves of plants
  • Swedish: lövverk — the leaves of plants
  • Swedish: bladverk — the leaves of plants
  • Tagalog: kadahunan — the leaves of plants
  • Ukrainian: ли́стя (lýstja) — the leaves of plants
  • Venetan: stram — the leaves of plants
  • Volapük: bledem — the leaves of plants
  • Welsh: deiliant — the leaves of plants
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葉形裝飾 /叶形装饰 — an architectural ornament
  • Finnish: lehvästö — an architectural ornament
  • French: feuillage — an architectural ornament
  • Polish: liście — an architectural ornament
  • Portuguese: folhame — an architectural ornament
  • Spanish: ataurique — an architectural ornament
Real reading context

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