folder
See also: fôlder
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Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊɫdɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfəʊldə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)
Noun edit
folder (plural folders)
- 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.
- (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".
- A machine or person that folds things.
- 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.
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organizer
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container of computer files
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person who folds things
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folder
References edit
- Bauer, Robert S. (2021) ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 284
Danish edit
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folder c pl
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folder
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folder m (plural folders, diminutive foldertje n)
- (folded) leaflet with information or advertising
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Indonesian edit
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foldêr (first-person possessive folderku, second-person possessive foldermu, third-person possessive foldernya)
Further reading edit
- “folder” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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folder
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folder m inan
Declension edit
Declension of folder
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Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English folder.
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Serbo-Croatian edit
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folder ? (Cyrillic spelling фолдер)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English folder. According to SO attested since 1948.
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folder c
- A folded leaflet.
- (computing, nonstandard) Synonym of mapp (“folder”).