folha

Galician

Noun

folha f (plural folhas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of folla

Further reading

• “folha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• fuelha

Etymology

From Late Latin folia, from the plural of Latin folium.

Noun

folha f (oblique plural folhas, nominative singular folha, nominative plural folhas)

1. leaf

Descendants

• Occitan: fuèlha

Portuguese

Folha

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese folla, from Late Latin folia, from the plural of Latin folium, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). Doublet of folho and fólio. Compare Galician folla and Spanish hoja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʎɐ/

• Audio (Northern Portugal):

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• Rhymes: -oʎɐ
• Hyphenation: fo‧lha

Noun

folha f (plural folhas)

1. (botany) leaf
2. sheet (of paper)

Derived terms

• folha de cálculo
• folha de pagamento
• folhagem
• folhar
• folharia
• folhear
• folhinha
• novo em folha
• tatu-de-folha
• verde-folha

Related terms

• folhoso
• foliáceo
• perenifólio

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: fodja
• Kabuverdianu: fódja
• Macanese: fólia
• Papiamentu: foya
• → Chichewa: fodya
• → Konkani: फोल (phol)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ʎɐ/

• Hyphenation: fo‧lha

Verb

folha

1. inflection of folhar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “folha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “folha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025