folia

See also: fólia and folía

English

Noun

folia

1. plural of folium

Anagrams

• Alofi

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese folha.

Noun

folia

1. leaf

Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

folia n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of folium

Etymology 2

From the above form, reinterpreted as a feminine singular. See folium.

Noun

folia f (genitive foliae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. a leaf
2. a sheet or leaf of paper

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	folia	foliae
genitive	foliae	foliārum
dative	foliae	foliīs
accusative	foliam	foliās
ablative	foliā	foliīs
vocative	folia	foliae

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: foalji
  • Istro-Romanian: foľe
  • Romanian: foaie
• Dalmatian:
  • Dalmatian: fualja
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: foglia
  • Sicilian: fogghia
• North Italian:
  • Venetan: fogia, foja
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Friulian: fuee
    • Romansch: föglia
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: fôlye
    • Oïl:
      • Norman: fielle
      • Old French: fueille (see there for further descendants)
      • Walloon: foye
    • Oc:
      • Catalan: fulla
      • Occitan: fuèlha, huelha
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: fuella
  • Asturian: fueya
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: folla, folha
    • Galician: folla
    • Portuguese: folha
  • Old Spanish: foja
    • Ladino: oja
    • Spanish: hoja
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: fògia, folla, foza

References

• folia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

folia

1. foil (thin material)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

fol (“foolish”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo.ˈli.a/

Noun

folia f (plural folias)

1. foolishness, madness
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 132 (facsimile):

     Quen leixar ſ(ant)a m(aria) por outra fara folia.

     He who leaves Holy Mary for another (woman) acts foolishly.

Descendants

• Galician: folía
• Portuguese: folia

Old Occitan

Etymology

Cognate with Old French folie, Old Galician-Portuguese folia.

Noun

folia f (oblique plural folias, nominative singular folia, nominative plural folias)

1. madness

Polish

Alternative forms

• folga (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Folie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.lja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔlja
• Syllabification: fo‧lia

Noun

folia f (diminutive folijka)

1. plastic film, especially the kinds used to make plastic bags and food packaging
2. foil

Declension

Declension of folia

	singular	plural
nominative	folia	folie
genitive	folii	folii/folij (archaic)
dative	folii	foliom
accusative	folię	folie
instrumental	folią	foliami
locative	folii	foliach
vocative	folio	folie

Derived terms

• foliarka
• foliarz
• foliować
• foliowy
• foliówka

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: фо́льга (fólʹha)
• → Russian: фольга (folʹga), фо́лья (fólʹja) — 19^th century also
  • → Armenian: ֆոլգա (folga)
  • → Georgian: ფოლგა (polga)
  • ⇒ Livvi: folʼgu
• → Ukrainian: фольга́ (folʹhá), фо́льга (fólʹha)

Further reading

• folia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• folia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese folia, from fol + -ia. Cognate with Galician folía.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈli.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈli.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈli.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈli.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: fo‧li‧a

Noun

folia f (plural folias)

1. merrymaking. merriment
2. (music) folia
3. (dance) an old Portuguese dance

Derived terms

• foliador
• folião
• foliar

 

Further reading

• “folia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “folia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Verb

folia

1. inflection of foliar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative