folder

folder

See also: fôlder

English

Etymology

From fold +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊɫdɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊldə/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)

Noun

folder (plural folders)

A typical icon of a folder (2)

1. An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.

   I keep all my schoolwork in a yellow folder.

2. (computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.

   Synonym: directory

   My essays are in the folder named "Essays".

3. A machine or person that folds things.
4. A folding knife, typically a pocketknife.
   • 2010 August 20, Joe Kertzman, Knives 2011: The World's Greatest Knife Book, F+W Media, Inc., →ISBN:

     A funny name for a knife, the Needs Work folder is purpose-built as a working folder, and includes a straight, plain-edge, modified-wharncliffe blade, and a comfortable, ergonomic handle.

Derived terms

• bone folder
• hot folder
• paper-folder

 

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: folder, fôlder
• → Dutch: folder
• → Indonesian: folder
• → Japanese: フォルダ (foruda), フォルダー (forudā)
• → Polish: folder
• → Serbo-Croatian: folder

Translations

organizer

Afrikaans: lêergids Arabic: مِلَفّ‎ m (milaff), مُجَلَّد‎ m (mujallad), ضُبَارَة‎ f (ḍubāra) Gulf Arabic: مَلَف‎ m (malaf) Hijazi Arabic: مَلَف‎ m (malaf), دوسيه‎ m (dōsē) Armenian: թղթապանակ (hy) (tʿłtʿapanak) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܹܐܣܵܪܬܵܐ‎ f (mēsārtā) Azerbaijani: qovluq (az), papka Belarusian: па́пка (be) f (pápka), скорасшыва́льнік m (skorasšyválʹnik), тэ́чка f (téčka) Bulgarian: па́пка (bg) f (pápka) Catalan: carpeta (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 卷宗 (zh) (juànzōng), 文件夾／文件夹 (zh) (wénjiànjiā) Dutch: hechtmap f, map (nl) f Estonian: mapp Finnish: kansio (fi) French: dossier (fr) m, chemise (fr) f, classeur (fr) m Georgian: მკეცავი (mḳecavi), საქაღალდე (sakaɣalde) German: Ordner (de) m, Mappe (de) f Greek: φάκελος (el) m (fákelos) Hungarian: iratgyűjtő (hu) Icelandic: mappa (is) f Indonesian: map (id), folder (id) Irish: fillteán (ga) m Italian: cartella (it) f, fascicolo (it) m Japanese: フォルダ (ja) (foruda) Korean: 서류철(書類綴) (ko) (seoryucheol), 폴더 (poldeo) Latin: categoria f Latvian: mape f, vāks m Lithuanian: segtuvas m Luxembourgish: Mapp f, Classeur m Macedonian: папка f (papka), фасцикла f (fascikla) Malay: pelipat Maori: kōpaki Mongolian: Cyrillic: папк (papk) Norman: dôssyi m (Jersey) Persian: پوشه‎ (fa) (puše) Polish: teczka (pl) f, skoroszyt m, folder (pl) m Portuguese: pasta (pt) f Romanian: dosar (ro) n Russian: па́пка (ru) f (pápka), скоросшива́тель (ru) m (skorosšivátelʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: фасцѝкл m Roman: fascìkl (sh) m Slovene: mapa f Spanish: carpeta (es) f Swahili: folda Swedish: pärm (sv) c Tagalog: ipitan Turkish: klasör (tr) Ukrainian: па́пка f (pápka), швидкозшива́ч m (švydkozšyváč), те́ка (uk) f (téka), те́чка f (téčka) Vietnamese: bìa hồ sơ Welsh: ffolder m or f

container of computer files

Afrikaans: vouer Albanian: kartotekë (sq) f Arabic: مُجَلَّد‎ m (mujallad) Gulf Arabic: مَلَف‎ m (malaf) Armenian: պանակ (hy) (panak) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܘܼܒܵܩܵܐ‎ m (dubāqā) Belarusian: па́пка (be) f (pápka), катало́г m (katalóh), дырэкто́рыя f (dyrektóryja) Bulgarian: директо́рия (bg) f (direktórija) Catalan: carpeta (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 目錄／目录 (zh) (mùlù), 文件夾／文件夹 (zh) Czech: složka (cs) f, adresář m Danish: mappe c Dutch: map (nl) m Esperanto: dosierujo Estonian: valtsija Finnish: kansio (fi) French: dossier (fr) m, répertoire (fr) m Georgian: ფოლდერი (polderi), საქაღალდე (sakaɣalde) German: Ordner (de) m, Verzeichnis (de) n Greek: φάκελος (el) m (fákelos) Hindi: फ़ोल्डर m (folḍar) Hungarian: mappa (hu) Icelandic: mappa (is) f Ido: repertorio (io) Indonesian: folder (id), map (id) Irish: fillteán (ga) m Italian: cartella (it) Japanese: フォルダ (ja) (foruda), ディレクトリ (ja) (direkutori) Korean: 폴더 (poldeo), 디렉토리 (ko) (direktori) Latin: catēgoria f Latvian: mape f Lithuanian: aplankas m Macedonian: папка f (papka), директориум m (direktorium) Malay: pelipat Norman: dôssyi m Norwegian: Bokmål: mappe m Persian: دایرکتوری‎ (dâyrektori) Polish: folder (pl) m, katalog (pl) m Portuguese: pasta (pt) f, diretório (pt) m (Portugal), diretoria (pt) f (Brazil) Romanian: folder n, director (ro) n Russian: па́пка (ru) f (pápka), катало́г (ru) m (katalóg), директо́рия (ru) f (direktórija) (dated) Scottish Gaelic: pasgan m Serbo-Croatian: fascikla (sh) f Cyrillic: дирѐкто̄ријум m, дирѐкто̄риј m, ма̏па f Roman: dirèktōrijum m, dirèktōrij (sh) m, mȁpa (sh) f Slovak: priečinok m, adresár (sk) m Slovene: mapa f Spanish: carpeta (es) f Swedish: mapp (sv) c, katalog (sv) c Thai: โฟลเดอร์ (fool-də̂ə) Turkish: klasör (tr) Ukrainian: па́пка f (pápka), катало́г (uk) m (katalóh), директо́рія f (dyrektórija), те́ка (uk) f (téka) Urdu: فولڈر‎ m (folḍar) Vietnamese: thư mục (vi) Welsh: ffolder

person who folds things

French: plieur (fr) m (person), plieuse (fr) f (machine) Macedonian: пресвиткувач m (presvitkuvač) Malay: pelipat Portuguese: dobrador m Russian: фальцо́вщик (ru) m (falʹcóvščik), фальцо́вщица (ru) f (falʹcóvščica) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пресавијач m Roman: presavijač m Spanish: doblador m, dobladora f Turkish: katlamacı

a folding knife, typically a pocketknife — see folding knife,‎ pocketknife

Anagrams

• forled, refold, rolfed

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Danish

Noun

folder c pl

1. indefinite plural of folde

Verb

folder

1. present tense of folde

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English folder.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fol‧der
• Rhymes: -ɔldər

Noun

folder m (plural folders, diminutive foldertje n)

1. (folded) leaflet with information or advertising

Derived terms

• aanbiedingsfolder
• reclamefolder

 

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English folder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔldər/
• Hyphenation: fol‧dêr

Noun

foldêr (first-person possessive folderku, second-person possessive foldermu, third-person possessive foldernya)

1. folder
   1. (computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored.

      Synonym: direktori

   2. An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.

      Synonym: map

Further reading

• “folder” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

folder

1. present of folde

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English folder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl.dɛr/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔldɛr
• Syllabification: fol‧der

Noun

folder m inan

1. (computing) folder

   Synonym: katalog

2. brochure

Declension

Declension of folder

	singular	plural
nominative	folder	foldery
genitive	folderu (more rarely foldera)	folderów
dative	folderowi	folderom
accusative	folder	foldery
instrumental	folderem	folderami
locative	folderze	folderach
vocative	folderze	foldery

Further reading

• folder in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• folder in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fôlder

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English folder.

Noun

folder m (plural folders or (rare) folderes)

1. (Brazil) leaflet (small piece of paper with information)

   Synonym: panfleto

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English folder.

Noun

folder ? (Cyrillic spelling фолдер)

1. (computing, colloquial) folder

   Synonyms: fascikla, mȁpa

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Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English folder. According to SO attested since 1948.

Noun

folder c

1. A folded leaflet.
2. (computing, nonstandard) Synonym of mapp (“folder”).

References

• folder in Svensk ordbok (SO)