different between foliot vs folio

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??li?t/

Noun

foliot (plural foliots)

1. Part of the verge escapement in early clocks.
2. A creature from Italian folklore that makes noises and flings objects about.

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin foli?, the ablative singular form of folium (“a leaf; a sheet or leaf of paper”). Doublet of foil and folium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??l???/, /?f??lj??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fo?li?o?/
• Rhymes: -??lj??
• Hyphenation: fo?lio

Noun

folio (plural folios)

1. a leaf of a book or manuscript
2. A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
3. (printing) A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
4. (paper) A sheet of paper folded in half.
5. (books) 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 cm in height.
6. (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
7. (law, dated, 19th to early 20th century) A leaf containing a certain number of words; hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.
8. A wrapper for loose papers.

Synonyms

• (book consisting of sheets folded in half): F, f, fo, 2º

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• folio post

See also

Verb

folio (third-person singular simple present folios, present participle folioing, simple past and past participle folioed)

1. to put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page

   Synonym: foliate

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin folium (“leaf, sheet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo?lio/
• Hyphenation: fo?li?o
• Rhymes: -io
• Audio:

Noun

folio (accusative singular folion, plural folioj, accusative plural foliojn)

1. (botany) leaf
2. sheet

Derived terms

Finnish

Noun

folio

1. foil (very thin sheet of metal)

Declension

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto folio., from Latin folium

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?foli?o/

Noun

folio (plural folii)

1. (botany) leaf
2. (thin) sheet
3. folio (leaf/sheet of paper)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fo.li.o?/, [?f?lio?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fo.li.o/, [?f??li?]

Noun

foli? n

1. dative singular of folium
2. ablative singular of folium

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin folio

Noun

folio n (uncountable)

1. folio

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

folio m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. folio

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin folium. Cf. also hoja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?foljo/, [?fo.ljo]

Noun

folio m (plural folios)

1. folio