foaie

Romanian

Alternative forms

• фоае (foae /⁠foaie⁠/) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin folia, from the plural of Latin folium, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). Cf. also the related folie and foliu, borrowed from the same Latin source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo̯a.je/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aje
• Hyphenation: foa‧ie

Noun

foaie f (plural foi)

1. sheet (of paper)
2. leaf

   Synonym: frunză

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	foaie	foaia		foi	foile
genitive-dative	foi	foii		foi	foilor
vocative	foaie, foaio			foilor

Related terms

• foios
• înfoia
• folie

See also

• hârtie
• pagină

Further reading

• “foaie”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025