foliar

English

Adjective

foliar (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or via the leaves.
   • 1924, Julia Moesel Haber, The Anatomy and the Morphology of the Flower of Euphorbia, page 116:

     Warming (1870) (69) is confident that it is not an independent foliar appendage, for ontogenetic proof, analogy to other genera, and the course of vascular strands indicate that it is a foliar organ which is closely allied to the involucre.

Derived terms

• foliar feeding
• foliarly
• foliar trace
• interfoliar
• nonfoliar
• unifoliar

Anagrams

• Failor

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fo.liˈa(ʁ)/ [fo.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /foˈlja(ʁ)/ [foˈlja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fo.liˈa(ʁ)/ [fo.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /foˈlja(ʁ)/ [foˈlja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fo.liˈa(ɾ)/ [fo.lɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /foˈlja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fo.liˈa(ʁ)/ [fo.lɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /foˈlja(ʁ)/ [foˈlja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fo.liˈa(ɻ)/ [fo.lɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /foˈlja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈljaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈljaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈlja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: fo‧li‧ar

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Late Latin folia.

Adjective

foliar m or f (plural foliares)

1. (botany) foliate; foliar (of or relating to leaves)

Etymology 2

From folia (“merrymaking”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

foliar (first-person singular present folio, first-person singular preterite foliei, past participle foliado)

1. (intransitive) to make merry

Conjugation

    Conjugation of foliar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	foliar
Personal	foliar	foliares	foliar	foliarmos	foliardes	foliarem
Gerund
	foliando
Past participle
Masculine	foliado			foliados
Feminine	foliada			foliadas
Indicative
Present	folio	folias	folia	foliamos	foliais	foliam
Imperfect	foliava	foliavas	foliava	foliávamos	foliáveis	foliavam
Preterite	foliei	foliaste	foliou	foliamos1, foliámos2	foliastes	foliaram
Pluperfect	foliara	foliaras	foliara	foliáramos	foliáreis	foliaram
Future	foliarei	foliarás	foliará	foliaremos	foliareis	foliarão
Conditional	foliaria	foliarias	foliaria	foliaríamos	foliaríeis	foliariam
Subjunctive
Present	folie	folies	folie	foliemos	folieis	foliem
Imperfect	foliasse	foliasses	foliasse	foliássemos	foliásseis	foliassem
Future	foliar	foliares	foliar	foliarmos	foliardes	foliarem
Imperative
Affirmative		folia	folie	foliemos	foliai	foliem
Negative (não)		não folies	não folie	não foliemos	não folieis	não foliem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French foliaire.

Adjective

foliar m or n (feminine singular foliară, masculine plural foliari, feminine and neuter plural foliare)

1. foliar

Declension

Declension of foliar

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	foliar		foliară		foliari	foliare
	definite	foliarul		foliara		foliarii	foliarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	foliar		foliare		foliari	foliare
	definite	foliarului		foliarei		foliarilor	foliarelor

References

• foliar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈljaɾ/ [foˈljaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fo‧liar

Adjective

foliar m or f (masculine and feminine plural foliares)

1. foliar

Verb

foliar (first-person singular present folio, first-person singular preterite folié, past participle foliado)

1. to number (the pages of); to foliate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of foliar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			foliar
gerund			foliando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		foliado		foliada
		plural		foliados		foliadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	folio	foliastú foliásvos	folia	foliamos	foliáis	folian
	imperfect	foliaba	foliabas	foliaba	foliábamos	foliabais	foliaban
	preterite	folié	foliaste	folió	foliamos	foliasteis	foliaron
	future	foliaré	foliarás	foliará	foliaremos	foliaréis	foliarán
	conditional	foliaría	foliarías	foliaría	foliaríamos	foliaríais	foliarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	folie	foliestú foliésvos2	folie	foliemos	foliéis	folien
	imperfect (ra)	foliara	foliaras	foliara	foliáramos	foliarais	foliaran
	imperfect (se)	foliase	foliases	foliase	foliásemos	foliaseis	foliasen
	future1	foliare	foliares	foliare	foliáremos	foliareis	foliaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		foliatú foliávos	folie	foliemos	foliad	folien
	negative		no folies	no folie	no foliemos	no foliéis	no folien

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of foliar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive foliar	dative	foliarme	foliarte	foliarle, foliarse	foliarnos	foliaros	foliarles, foliarse
	accusative	foliarme	foliarte	foliarlo, foliarla, foliarse	foliarnos	foliaros	foliarlos, foliarlas, foliarse
with gerund foliando	dative	foliándome	foliándote	foliándole, foliándose	foliándonos	foliándoos	foliándoles, foliándose
	accusative	foliándome	foliándote	foliándolo, foliándola, foliándose	foliándonos	foliándoos	foliándolos, foliándolas, foliándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative folia	dative	fóliame	fóliate	fóliale	fólianos	not used	fóliales
	accusative	fóliame	fóliate	fólialo, fóliala	fólianos	not used	fólialos, fólialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative foliá	dative	foliame	foliate	foliale	folianos	not used	foliales
	accusative	foliame	foliate	folialo, foliala	folianos	not used	folialos, folialas
with formal second-person singular imperative folie	dative	fólieme	not used	fóliele, fóliese	fólienos	not used	fólieles
	accusative	fólieme	not used	fólielo, fóliela, fóliese	fólienos	not used	fólielos, fólielas
with first-person plural imperative foliemos	dative	not used	foliémoste	foliémosle	foliémonos	foliémoos	foliémosles
	accusative	not used	foliémoste	foliémoslo, foliémosla	foliémonos	foliémoos	foliémoslos, foliémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative foliad	dative	foliadme	not used	foliadle	foliadnos	foliaos	foliadles
	accusative	foliadme	not used	foliadlo, foliadla	foliadnos	foliaos	foliadlos, foliadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative folien	dative	fólienme	not used	fólienle	fóliennos	not used	fólienles, fóliense
	accusative	fólienme	not used	fólienlo, fólienla	fóliennos	not used	fólienlos, fólienlas, fóliense

Further reading

• “foliar”, 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