folder

See also: fôlder

English

Etymology

From fold +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊɫdɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊldə/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)

Noun

folder (plural folders)

A typical icon of a folder (2)

1. 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.

2. (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".

3. A machine or person that folds things.
4. A folding knife.

Translations

organizer

• Afrikaans: lêergids
• Arabic: مِلَفّ m (milaff), مُجَلَّد m (mujallad), ضُبَارَة f (ḍubāra)

  Gulf Arabic: مَلَف m (malaf)

• Armenian: թղթապանակ (hy) (tʻġtʻapanak)
• Belarusian: па́пка (be) f (pápka), скорасшыва́льнік m (skorasšyválʹnik)
• Bulgarian: па́пка (bg) f (pápka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卷宗 (zh) (juànzōng), 文件夾／文件夹 (zh) (wénjiànjiā), 文件夹 (zh) (wénjiànjiā)

• Dutch: hechtmap f, map (nl) f
• Finnish: kansio (fi)
• French: dossier (fr) m, chemise (fr) f, classeur (fr) m
• Georgian: მკეცავი (mḳecavi), საქაღალდე (sakaɣalde)
• German: Ordner (de) m, Mappe (de) f
• Greek: φάκελος (el) m (fákelos)
• Hungarian: iratgyűjtő (hu)
• Icelandic: mappa (is) f
• Indonesian: map (id), folder (id)
• Italian: cartella (it) f, fascicolo (it) m
• Japanese: フォルダ (ja) (foruda)
• Korean: 서류철 (ko) (seoryucheol), 폴더 (poldeo)
• Latin: categoria f
• Latvian: mape f, vāks m
• Lithuanian: segtuvas m
• Luxembourgish: Mapp f, Classeur m
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• Macedonian: папка f (papka), фасцикла f (fascikla)
• Malay: pelipat
• Maori: kōpaki
• Mongolian: папк (papk)
• Norman: dôssyi m (Jersey)
• Persian: پوشه (fa) (puše)
• Polish: teczka (pl) f, skoroszyt m, folder (pl) m
• Portuguese: pasta (pt) f
• Romanian: dosar (ro) n
• Russian: па́пка (ru) f (pápka), скоросшива́тель (ru) m (skorosšivátelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фасцѝкл m

  Roman: fascìkl (sh) m

• Slovene: mapa
• Spanish: carpeta (es) f
• Swahili: folda
• Swedish: pärm (sv) c
• Tagalog: ipitan
• Turkish: klasör (tr)
• Ukrainian: па́пка f (pápka), швидкозшива́ч m (švydkozšyváč)
• Vietnamese: bìa hồ sơ

container of computer files

• Afrikaans: vouer
• Arabic: مُجَلَّد m (mujallad)

  Gulf Arabic: مَلَف m (malaf)

• Armenian: պանակ (hy) (panak)
• Bulgarian: директо́рия (bg) f (direktórija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 目錄／目录 (zh) (mùlù), 目录 (zh) (mùlù)

• Czech: složka (cs) f
• Dutch: map (nl) m
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kansio (fi)
• French: dossier (fr) m, répertoire (fr) m
• Georgian: ფოლდერი (polderi), საქაღალდე (sakaɣalde)
• German: Ordner (de) m, Verzeichnis (de) n
• Greek: φάκελος (el) m (fákelos)
• Hungarian: mappa (hu)
• Icelandic: mappa (is) f
• Ido: repertorio (io)
• Indonesian: folder (id), map (id)
• Italian: cartella (it)
• Japanese: フォルダ (ja) (foruda), ディレクトリ (ja) (direkutori)
• Korean: 폴더 (poldeo)
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• Latin: categoria
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: aplankas m
• Macedonian: папка f (papka), директориум m (direktorium)
• Malay: pelipat
• Norman: dôssyi m
• Norwegian: mappe m
• Polish: folder (pl) m, katalog (pl) m
• Portuguese: pasta (pt) f, diretório (pt) m (Portugal), diretoria (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: folder n, director (ro) n
• Russian: па́пка (ru) f (pápka), катало́г (ru) m (katalóg), директо́рия (ru) f (direktórija) (dated)
• Scottish Gaelic: pasgan m
• Serbo-Croatian: fascikla (sh) f

  Cyrillic: дирѐкто̄ријум m, дирѐкто̄риј m, ма̏па f

  Roman: dirèktōrijum m, dirèktōrij (sh) m, mȁpa (sh) f

• Slovak: priečinok m
• Slovene: mapa
• Spanish: carpeta (es) f
• Swedish: mapp (sv) c, katalog (sv) c
• Turkish: klasör (tr)
• Vietnamese: thư mục (vi)
• Welsh: ffolder

person who folds things

• French: plieur (fr) m (person), plieuse (fr) f (machine)
• Macedonian: пресвиткувач m (presvitkuvač)
• Malay: pelipat
• Portuguese: dobrador m
• Russian: фальцо́вщик (ru) m (falʹcóvščik), фальцо́вщица (ru) f (falʹcóvščica)
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• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пресавијач m

  Roman: presavijač m

• Spanish: doblador m, dobladora f
• Turkish: katlamacı

Anagrams

• refold, rolfed

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Danish

Noun

folder c pl

1. indefinite plural of folde

Verb

folder

1. present tense of folde

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English folder.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fol‧der
• Rhymes: -ɔldər

Noun

folder m (plural folders, diminutive foldertje n)

1. (folded) leaflet with information or advertising

Derived terms

• aanbiedingsfolder
• reclamefolder

 

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English folder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔldər/
• Hyphenation: fol‧dêr

Noun

foldêr (first-person possessive folderku, second-person possessive foldermu, third-person possessive foldernya)

1. folder.

   Synonym: map

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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

folder

1. (deprecated template usage) present of folde

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Polish

Etymology

From English folder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl.dɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

folder m inan

1. (computing) folder

   Synonym: katalog

Declension

Declension of folder

	singular	plural
nominative	folder	foldery
genitive	folderu	folderów
dative	folderowi	folderom
accusative	folder	foldery
instrumental	folderem	folderami
locative	folderze	folderach
vocative	folderze	foldery

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fôlder

Etymology

From English folder.

Noun

1. (Brazil) leaflet (small piece of paper with information)

   Synonym: panfleto

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English folder.

Noun

folder ? (Cyrillic spelling фолдер)

1. (computing, colloquial) folder

   Synonyms: fascikla, mȁpa