folie

See also: Folie and fólie

Czech

Alternative forms

• fólie

Noun

folie f

1. foil (very thin sheet of metal)

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Dutch

Etymology

From German Folie, from Late Latin folia, plural form of folium (“leaf, sheet”). The word foelie derives from the same source, but is older and entered the language via Old French.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

folie f or n (plural folies, diminutive folietje n)

1. foil (sheet of material)

Derived terms

• aluminiumfolie
• tinfolie

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.li/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

folie f (plural folies)

1. madness, folly, insanity; silliness, craziness
2. (architecture) folly

Related terms

• fou, folle

Further reading

• “folie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• fiole

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Interlingue

Noun

1. leaf
2. sheet (of paper)
3. (metal) foil

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Middle English

Noun

folie

1. Alternative form of folye

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin folium

Noun

folie m (definite singular folien, indefinite plural folier, definite plural foliene)

1. foil (thin material)
2. film (thin material, such as plastic film, cling film)

Derived terms

• aluminiumsfolie
• plastfolie

References

• “folie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin folium

Noun

folie m (definite singular folien, indefinite plural foliar, definite plural foliane)

1. foil (thin material)
2. film (thin material, such as plastic film, cling film)

Derived terms

• aluminiumsfolie
• plastfolie

References

• “folie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

folie oblique singular, f (oblique plural folies, nominative singular folie, nominative plural folies)

1. madness; insanity

Descendants

• French: folie
• → Middle English: folye, foly, folie, foli, foolie, fooli, fooly, ffoly, ffolye
  • English: folly
  • Scots: folly

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Spanish

Verb

folie

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of foliar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of foliar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of foliar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of foliar.