noun
Meaning 1
A leaf of a book or manuscript.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
folio
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊlɪəʊ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊljəʊ/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈfoʊliˌoʊ/
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Australian: /ˈfəʉliˌəʉ/
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Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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New-Zealand: /ˈfɐʉliˌɐʉ/
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rhymes with -əʊljəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: F OW1 L IY2 OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
Meaning 4
A sheet of paper folded in half.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: media, printing, publishing
Examples
- A rare copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: F, fo, 2o
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A wrapper for loose papers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: accounting, business, finance
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noun
Meaning 8
A protective case with a flap that folds to cover the screen of a mobile device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: law
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verb
Meaning 10
To put a serial number on (a folio or page, or on all the folios or pages of a book); to foliate, to page.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 11
a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the first folio of Shakespeare's plays
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Broader terms: book, volume
noun
Meaning 12
a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leaf
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper
Narrower terms: flyleaf, interleaf, page
noun
Meaning 13
the system of numbering pages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pagination, page number, paging
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: number
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: но́мер (nómer) — page number
- Finnish: sivunumero — page number
- French: folio — page number
- Czech: dvojlist — sheet of paper folded in half
- Czech: přeložený list — sheet of paper folded in half
- Finnish: puoliksi taitettu paperiarkki — sheet of paper folded in half
- Finnish: kaksitaite — sheet of paper folded in half
- Czech: folio — book made of sheets of paper each folded in half
- Czech: foliant — book made of sheets of paper each folded in half
- Finnish: folio — book made of sheets of paper each folded in half
- Finnish: kaksitaite — book made of sheets of paper each folded in half
- Bulgarian: плик (plik) — wrapper for loose papers
- Finnish: asiakirjakansi — wrapper for loose papers
- Māori: kōpaki — wrapper for loose papers
- Finnish: tilikirjan sivu — page in an account book
- Finnish: arkki — leaf containing a certain number of words; certain number of words in a piece of writing
Real reading context