leaflet

English

Alternative forms

• leavelet (rare)

Etymology

From leaf +‎ -let.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lēfʹlĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈliːflɪt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːflɪt

Noun

leaflet (plural leaflets)

1. (botany) One of the components of a compound leaf.
2. (botany) A small plant leaf.

   Synonym: leafling

   The new leaflets at the end of the branch were a lighter shade of green than the mature leaves.

3. A small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement.

   Synonyms: flyer, folder, handbill, pamphlet

   A leaflet had been left under the car's windshield wiper.

4. (anatomy) A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.

Derived terms

• bi-leaflet valve, bileaflet valve
• intergeniculate leaflet
• leaflet drop
• leafleteer
• leaflet propaganda
• leaflet raid
• leaflet shell
• Lillehei-Kalke bileaflet prosthesis
• package leaflet
• patient information leaflet
• prolapsing mitral leaflet syndrome

 

Translations

component of a compound leaf

• Finnish: lehdykkä (fi)
• French: foliole (fr) f
• Hebrew: עַלְעָל (he) m ('al'ál)
• Italian: fogliolina f
• Marathi: पर्णिका ? (parṇikā), उपपर्ण ? (upparṇa), पर्णक ? (parṇak), पत्रक ? (patrak)
• Polish: listek (pl) m
• Portuguese: folíolo m
• Spanish: folíolo (es) m

small plant leaf

• Dutch: blaadje (nl) n
• Hebrew: עַלְעָל (he) m ('al'ál)
• Irish: duillín m
• Macedonian: листенце n (listence)
• Polish: listek (pl) m
• Portuguese: folíolo m

small piece of paper with information — see also flyer

• Belarusian: лісто́ўка f (listóŭka), ўлётка f (ŭljótka)
• Bulgarian: листо́вка (bg) f (listóvka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳單／传单 (zh) (chuándān)

• Czech: leták (cs) m
• Dutch: folder (nl) m
• Estonian: lendleht
• Finnish: esite, lentolehtinen (fi)
• French: tract (fr) m, prospectus (fr) m, dépliant (fr) m
• German: Faltblatt (de) n, Broschüre (de) f, Faltprospekt n, Flugblatt (de) n, Handzettel (de) m
• Hebrew: עָלוֹן (he) m ('alón)
• Hungarian: szórólap (hu)
• Irish: bileoigín m, bileoigín páipéir m, ^{(please verify)} duilleachán m, bileog (ga) f, bileog faisnéise f
• Italian: dépliant (it) m, volantino (it) m
• Japanese: 散らし (ja) (ちらし, chirashi), チラシ (ja) (chirashi), リーフレット (ja) (rīfuretto)
• Korean: 전단지(傳單紙) (jeondanji), 전단(傳單) (ko) (jeondan)
• Latin: libellus m
• Macedonian: леток m (letok)
• Maori: mātārere, tawhera
• Plautdietsch: Zadel m
• Polish: ulotka (pl) f
• Portuguese: folder (pt) m, panfleto (pt) m
• Russian: листо́вка (ru) f (listóvka), фла́ер (ru) m (flájer) (flyer)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ле̏так m

  Roman: lȅtak (sh) m

• Slovene: brošura f, prospekt m
• Spanish: folleto (es) m, panfleto (es) m
• Tagalog: miklat
• Thai: ใบปลิว (th) (bai-bpliu)
• Ukrainian: листі́вка f (lystívka)
• Vietnamese: tờ quảng cáo, tờ rơi, tờ bướm, truyền đơn (vi) (傳單)

flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel

• Portuguese: cúspide f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} folieto (io)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} duilleoigín m

See also

• booklet
• brochure
• catalog, catalogue
• circular
• junk mail
• pinna
• pinnule
• pamphlet

Verb

leaflet (third-person singular simple present leaflets, present participle leafleting or leafletting, simple past and past participle leafleted or leafletted)

1. (transitive) To distribute leaflets to.

   A sidewalk preacher gave an impassioned sermon while an assistant leafleted those who stayed to listen.

   • 1980 August 16, Warren Blumenfeld, “Disabled Group Pickets Sack Titanic Premiere”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 3:

     At approximately 9:30 p.m. the demonstrators regrouped in front of the Copley Plaza and leafleted the area until an entourage of limousines entered the hotel.

   • 2023 January 11, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: North West”, in RAIL, number 974, page 18:

     Buxton: A survey of 3,000 users of the Monsal Trail has revealed 98% support for the rebuilding of the railway to Matlock. The Manchester & East Midlands Rail Action partnership has been leafleting homes to canvass support for its reopening campaign.

2. (intransitive) To distribute leaflets.

   During the summer, Peter earned some extra cash by leafleting for a local pizza delivery restaurant.

   • 2011, Staughton Lynd, Daniel Gross, Labor Law for the Rank & Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law:

     The leafleter who takes reasonable care not to block the sidewalk, who does not become involved in incidents of violence, and whose leaflet is truthful, has the right to leaflet undisturbed.

Usage notes

• The inflected forms leafletted and leafletting are sometimes seen, but the spellings leafleted and leafleting are preferred.

Derived terms

• leafleting

Anagrams

• fellate