Definition of FOLIO

folio

Meanings

Plural: folios

Noun

  • the system of numbering pages
  • a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
  • a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
    • "the first folio of Shakespeare's plays"
  • A leaf of a book or manuscript.
  • A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
  • A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
  • A sheet of paper folded in half.
  • A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 centimetres in height.
  • A wrapper for loose papers.
  • A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
  • A protective case with a flap that folds to cover the screen of a mobile device.
  • A leaf containing a certain number of words; hence, a certain number of words in a piece of writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.

Verb

  • To put a serial number on (a folio or page, or on all the folios or pages of a book); to foliate, to page.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English folio (“leaf of a book”), borrowed from Medieval Latin foliō, Late Latin foliō, Latin foliō, the ablative singular form of Late Latin folium (“leaf or sheet of paper”), Latin folium (“leaf of a plant”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“bloom, flower”). Doublet of foil and folium, and distantly related to phyllo and phyllon.
Senses 1, 2, 3.1, 5, and 6 relating to a leaf or page are derived from Medieval Latin foliō in references; sense 5 (“page in an account book”) may be derived from Italian foglio (“rectangular sheet of paper”), from Latin folium. Senses 3.2 and 3.3 relating to a paper size are from Italian in foglio or its etymon Latin in foliō.

Synonyms

2º, f, F, fo, leaf, page number, pagination, paging

Scrabble Score: 8

folio is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 9

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