foliage

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Etymology

From Middle French feuillage.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfəʊliɪdʒ/, X-SAMPA: /ˈfəʊliɪdʒ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈfoʊliɪdʒ/, X-SAMPA: /ˈfoʊliɪdʒ/

Noun

foliage (countable and uncountable; plural foliages)

1. The leaves of plants.
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 5, The Younger Set^[1]:

     Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume ; … ; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

2. An architectural ornament representing foliage.

Translations

the leaves of plants

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葉子 (cmn), 叶子 (cmn) (yèzi)

• Czech: listí (cs) n
• Dutch: gebladerte (nl)
• Esperanto: foliaro (eo)
• Finnish: lehdet pl, lehvistö
• French: feuillage (fr) m
• German: Blätter (de) n pl, Laub (de) n
• Greek: φύλλωμα (el) (fýlloma) n , φυλλωσιά (el) (fyllosiá) f 
• Hebrew: עלוה (he) f

• Hindi: पर्णसमूह (hi) (parNasamUha)
• Hungarian: lomb (hu)
• Italian: fogliame (it) m
• Japanese: 木の葉 (ja) (このは, ko-no ha)
• Macedonian: лисја (mk) (lísja) m and n, лисје (mk) (lísje) m pl
• Norwegian: bladverk (no) n, løvverk (no) n
• Polish: liście, pl, n
• Russian: листва (ru) (listvá) f , листья (ru) (líst'ja) m pl 
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: list m

• Spanish: follaje m

an architectural ornament

• French: feuillage (fr) m