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folie

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See also: Folie and fólie

Czech

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Noun

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folie f

  1. foil (very thin sheet of metal)

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Folie, from Late Latin folia, plural form of folium (leaf, sheet). The word foelie derives from the same source, but is older and entered the language via Old French.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfoː.li/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fo‧lie
  • Rhymes: -oːli

Noun

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folie f or n (plural folies, diminutive folietje n)

  1. foil (sheet of material)

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French folie, from Old French folie, from fol + -ie.

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Noun

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folie f (plural folies)

  1. madness, folly, insanity; silliness, craziness
  2. (architecture) folly

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Middle English

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Noun

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folie

  1. Alternative form of folye

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin folium.

Noun

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folie m (definite singular folien, indefinite plural folier, definite plural foliene)

  1. foil (thin material)
  2. film (thin material, such as plastic film, cling film)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin folium.

Noun

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folie m (definite singular folien, indefinite plural foliar, definite plural foliane)

  1. foil (thin material)
  2. film (thin material, such as plastic film, cling film)

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Old French

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Etymology

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From fol +‎ -ie.

Noun

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folie oblique singularf (oblique plural folies, nominative singular folie, nominative plural folies)

  1. madness; insanity

Descendants

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French folie.

Noun

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folie f (plural folii)

  1. madness, folly

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative folie folia folii foliile
genitive-dative folii foliei folii foliilor
vocative folie, folio foliilor

Spanish

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Verb

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folie

  1. inflection of foliar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

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Noun

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folie c

  1. a thin sheet of metal or plastic or the like (for packaging or cooking food); aluminum foil, plastic wrap, cling film, etc.

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See also

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  • gladpack (plastic wrap, cling film)

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