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feuille

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French feuille, from Old French fueille, from Late Latin folia, plural of folium in Classical Latin, itself probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (leaf), from *bʰleh₃- (blossom, flower). Doublet of folio, which was borrowed from Latin. Compare English foil, Spanish hoja, Portuguese folha, Catalan fulla, and Italian foglia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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feuille f (plural feuilles)

  1. leaf (of a plant)
  2. sheet (of paper, etc)
  3. (informal) ear

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: föy

See also

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Further reading

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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French fueille, from Late Latin folia, from the plural of Latin folium.

Noun

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feuille f (plural feuilles)

  1. leaf (of a plant)
  2. sheet (of paper, etc)

Descendants

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References

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  • feuille on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)