folia

See also: fólia and folía

English

Noun

folia

1. plural of folium

Derived terms

• foliate

Anagrams

• Alofi

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese folha.

Noun

folia

1. leaf

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔ.li.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔː.li.a]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

folia n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of folium

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom?

Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dʰolh₁yom?

Proto-Italic *foljom

Classical Latin folium

Latin folia

From the above form, reinterpreted as a feminine singular. See folium.

Noun

folia f (genitive foliae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. a leaf
2. a sheet or leaf of paper

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	folia	foliae
genitive	foliae	foliārum
dative	foliae	foliīs
accusative	foliam	foliās
ablative	foliā	foliīs
vocative	folia	foliae

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: fògia, folla, foza
• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: foalji
  • Istro-Romanian: foľe
  • Romanian: foaie
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Corsican: foglia
  • Dalmatian: fualja
  • Italian: foglia (see there for further descendants)
  • Neapolitan: foglia, fuoglia
    • Tarantino: fogghie
  • Sicilian: fogghia
  • Venetan: fogia, foja
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: fuee
  • Ladin: fòia, fueia, fuoia
  • Romansh: föglia
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Emilian: fójja
  • Ligurian: féuggia
  • Lombard: fòia, foeuja
  • Piedmontese: feuja
  • Romagnol: fója
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: fôlye, fuelye
  • Old French: fueille (see there for further descendants)
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: fulla
  • Old Occitan: folha, fuelha
    • Occitan: fuelha, fuèlha, huelha
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: fuella
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: folla, folha (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Leonese: fuella
    • Asturian: fueya
    • Leonese: fueya
    • Mirandese: fuolha
  • Old Spanish: foja
    • Ladino: foja, oja
    • Spanish: hoja

References

• "folia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

folia

1. foil (thin material)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French folie. By surface analysis, fol (“foolish”) + -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo.ˈli.a/

Noun

folia f (plural folias)

1. foolishness, madness
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 132 (facsimile):

     Quen leixar ſ(ant)a m(aria) por outra fara folia.

     He who leaves Holy Mary for another (woman) acts foolishly.

Descendants

• Galician: folía
• Portuguese: folia

Old Occitan

Etymology

Cognate with Old French folie, Old Galician-Portuguese folia.

Noun

folia f (oblique plural folias, nominative singular folia, nominative plural folias)

1. madness

Polish

Alternative forms

• folga (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom?

Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dʰolh₁yom?

Proto-Italic *foljom

Classical Latin folium

Vulgar Latin foliabor.

German Foliebor.

Polish folia

Borrowed from German Folie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.lja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔlja
• Syllabification: fo‧lia

Noun

folia f (diminutive folijka)

1. plastic film, especially the kinds used to make plastic bags and food packaging
2. foil

Declension

Declension of folia

	singular	plural
nominative	folia	folie
genitive	folii	folii/folij (archaic)
dative	folii	foliom
accusative	folię	folie
instrumental	folią	foliami
locative	folii	foliach
vocative	folio	folie

Derived terms

• foliarka
• foliarz
• foliować
• foliowy
• foliówka

Descendants

• → Belarusian: фо́льга (fólʹha)
• → Russian: фольга (folʹga), фо́лья (fólʹja) — 19^th century also
  • → Armenian: ֆոլգա (folga)
  • → Georgian: ფოლგა (polga)
  • ⇒ Livvi: folʼgu
• → Ukrainian: фольга́ (folʹhá), фо́льга (fólʹha)

Further reading

• “folia”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “folia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese folia, in turn from Old French folie. Cognate with Galician folía.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈli.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈli.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: fo‧li‧a

Noun

folia f (plural folias)

1. merrymaking. merriment
2. (music) folia
3. (dance) an old Portuguese dance

Derived terms

• foliador
• folião
• foliar

Further reading

• “folia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “folia”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “folia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “folia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology 2

Verb

folia

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

Spanish

Verb

folia

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