folia

See also: folía

English

Noun

folia

1. plural of folium

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese folha.

Noun

folia

1. leaf

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Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

(deprecated template usage) folia n

1. nominative plural of folium
2. accusative plural of folium
3. vocative plural of folium

Etymology 2

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

Noun

folia f (genitive foliae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) a leaf
2. (Late Latin) a sheet or leaf of paper

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	folia	foliae
Genitive	foliae	foliārum
Dative	foliae	foliīs
Accusative	foliam	foliās
Ablative	foliā	foliīs
Vocative	folia	foliae

References

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

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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

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

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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

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

fol (“foolish”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo.ˈli.a/

Noun

folia f

1. foolishness, madness
   • 13th century CE, 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

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Folie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //ˈfɔl.ja//

Noun

folia f (diminutive folijka)

1. 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
• foliować
• foliowy
• foliówka

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese folia, from fol + -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.ˈli.ɐ/
• IPA^(key): /fo.ˈli.a/, /fo.ˈli.ɐ/
• Hyphenation: fo‧li‧a

Noun

folia f (plural s)

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

Derived terms

• folião
• foliar

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Spanish

Verb

folia

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of foliar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of foliar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of foliar.