different between folden vs folder

English

Etymology

From Middle English folden, yfolden, From Old English fealden, ?efealden, from Proto-Germanic *faldanaz, past participle of *falþan? (“to fold”), equivalent to fold +? -en. Cognate with Dutch gevouwen, German gefalten.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ld?n

Verb

folden

1. (obsolete) past participle of fold

Anagrams

• enfold, fondle

Danish

Noun

folden c

1. definite singular of fold

Middle English

Alternative forms

• foldyn, ffolde, folde, volden, volde
• (Northern) falde, ffalde, fawlde

Etymology

From Old English fealdan, from Proto-West Germanic *falþan, from Proto-Germanic *falþan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??ld?n/
• (Northern ME) IPA^(key): /?fald?n/
• (Southern ME) IPA^(key): /?v??ld?n/

Verb

folden (third-person singular simple present foldeth, present participle foldynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative feld, past participle folden)

1. To bend; to flex:
   1. To fold; to bend over.
   2. To be bent; to curve.
   3. To twist; to braid.
2. To hug; to cuddle.
3. To wrap or cover; to coat.
4. To buckle; to collapse.
5. To defeat; to bring down.
6. (of a book, etc.) To snap shut.

Usage notes

• Weak forms of this verb are not found before the end of the 14th century.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: fold
• Scots: fald, fauld

References

• “f?lden, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Etymology

From fold +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fo??d?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??ld?/
• Rhymes: -??ld?(?)

Noun

folder (plural folders)

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

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

3. A machine or person that folds things.
4. A folding knife, typically a pocketknife.

Descendants

Translations

Anagrams

• refold, rolfed

Danish

Noun

folder c pl

1. indefinite plural of folde

Verb

folder

1. present tense of folde

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English folder.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fol?der
• Rhymes: -?ld?r

Noun

folder m (plural folders, diminutive foldertje n)

1. (folded) leaflet with information or advertising

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From English folder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?ld?r/
• 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 (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

folder

1. present of folde

Polish

Etymology

From English folder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?l.d?r/

Noun

folder m inan

1. (computing) folder

   Synonym: katalog

Declension

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fôlder

Etymology

From English folder.

Noun

folder m (plural folders or folderes (rare))

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

   Synonym: panfleto

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English folder.

Noun

folder ? (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (computing, colloquial) folder

   Synonyms: fascikla, m?pa