folie

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

Borrowed 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoː.li/

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• Hyphenation: fo‧lie
• Rhymes: -oːli

Noun

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

1. foil (sheet of material)

Derived terms

• aluminiumfolie
• foliedruk
• huishoudfolie
• tinfolie
• zilverfolie

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French

Etymology

From Middle French folie, from Old French folie, from fol + -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.li/

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• Rhymes: -i

Noun

folie f (plural folies)

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

Derived terms

• faire des folies
• folie des grandeurs
• folie du pourquoi

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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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

From fol +‎ -ie.

Noun

folie 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
• → Old Portuguese: folia
  • Galician: folía
  • Portuguese: folia

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Romanian

Etymology

From French folie.

Noun

folie f (plural folii)

1. madness, folly

Declension

Declension of folie

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) folie	folia	(niște) folii	foliile
genitive/dative	(unei) folii	foliei	(unor) folii	foliilor
vocative	folie, folio		foliilor

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Spanish

Verb

folie

1. inflection of foliar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Swedish

Noun

folie c

1. a thin sheet of metal or plastic or the like (for packaging or cooking food); aluminum foil, plastic wrap, cling film, etc.

Declension

Declension of folie
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	folie	folien	folier	folierna
Genitive	folies	foliens	foliers	foliernas

Derived terms

• aluminiumfolie (“aluminum foil”)
• plastfolie (“plastic wrap, cling film”)

See also

• gladpack (“plastic wrap, cling film”)

References

• folie in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• folie in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• folie in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)