Folie

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See also: folie and fólie

German

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Folie

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoːlɪ̯ə/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

Folie f (genitive Folie, plural Folien)

  1. foil, metal film
  2. plastic wrap, cling film
  3. something used as a background for a comparison
    • 2010, Harald Schwaetzer, “Geisteswissenschaft der Neuzeit, Rogier van der Weydens «St. Lukas malt die Madonna»”, in: Anthroposophie
      Dass Heilige wie Lukas als einer von denen, die das menschliche Bewusstsein vervollkommnet haben, einen engelgleichen Status haben, ist vor der Folie mittelalterlichen Denkens nichts Ungewöhnliches.
      Saints like Luke, as one of those, that have perfected the human consciousness, having an angelic status, is nothing exceptional in the light of middle-age thinking.

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