folder
See also: fôlder
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)
Noun
folder (plural folders)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/38254-new_folder-3.svg/220px-38254-new_folder-3.svg.png)
- An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.
- I keep all my schoolwork in a yellow folder.
- (computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.
- Synonym: directory
- My essays are in the folder named "Essays".
- A machine or person that folds things.
- A folding knife.
Translations
organizer
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container of computer files
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person who folds things
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Anagrams
Danish
Noun
folder c pl
Verb
folder
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
folder m (plural folders, diminutive foldertje n)
- (folded) leaflet with information or advertising
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
foldêr (first-person possessive folderku, second-person possessive foldermu, third-person possessive foldernya)
Further reading
- “folder” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
folder
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
folder m inan
Declension
Declension of folder
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Noun
folder ? (Cyrillic spelling фолдер)
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