folia

Noun

folia

1. plural of folium

Anagrams

• Alofi

Etymology

From Portuguese folha.

Noun

folia

1. leaf

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

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

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)

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Noun

folia

1. foil (thin material)

Etymology

fol (“foolish”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo.ˈli.a/

Noun

folia f (plural folias)

1. foolishness, madness
   • a. 1284, 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.

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. madness

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

Further reading

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: fo‧li‧a

Noun

folia f (plural folias)

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

Further reading

• “folia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “folia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Verb

folia

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