folium

English

Etymology

Latin, a leaf.

Noun

folium (plural foliums or folia)

1. A leaf, especially a thin leaf or plate.
2. (geometry) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches having a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bhulyom (“leaf”), from *bʰel-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈfo.li.um/

Noun

folium (genitive foliī); n, second declension

1. a leaf
2. a petal
3. a sheet or leaf of paper
4. (figuratively) trifle, thing of no consequence

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	folium	folia
genitive	foliī	foliōrum
dative	foliō	foliīs
accusative	folium	folia
ablative	foliō	foliīs
vocative	folium	folia

Derived terms

acrifolius aquifolius exfoliāris foliāceus

foliātum foliātus foliōsus latifolius

Related terms

• foliātilis
• foliātūra

Descendants

Asturian: fueya Catalan: full, fulla Dalmatian: fualja English: foil, folio French: feuille Friulian: fuee Galician: folla Italian: foglia, foglio Jèrriais: fielle

Occitan: fuèlh, fuèlha, huelha Portuguese: folha Romanian: foaie Romansch: fegl Sardinian: fógiu, fògia, folla, foza Sicilian: fogghia, fogghiu Spanish: hoja Venetian: fogia