different between foolscap vs octavo

English

Etymology

Probably from a watermark of a fool's cap.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?fu?l.skæp/, /?fu?lz.kæp/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?f?l.skæp/, /?fo?l.skæp/

Noun

foolscap (plural foolscaps)

1. Alternative form of fool's cap
2. (strictly) Writing paper sheets measuring 13.25 x 16.5 inches
3. (more usually) Such a sheet folded or cut in half, thus approximately 8 x 13.25 inches.

   • At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.

4. Printing paper measuring 13.5 inches x 17 inches.

Derived terms

• double foolscap

Translations

See also

• legal
• quarto

References

• Michael Quinion (2004) , “Foolscap”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, ?ISBN

• (A paper sizes): 2A0   A0   A1   A2   A3   A4   A5   A6   A7   A8   A9   A10

English

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

octavo (plural octavos)

1. (paper, printing) A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves.
2. (printing) A book of octavo pages.

Synonyms

• (paper size): 8º, 8vo
• (book size): 8º, 8vo, O

Translations

See also

• foolscap
• A3
• A4

Latin

Numeral

oct?v?

1. dative masculine singular of oct?vus
2. dative neuter singular of oct?vus
3. ablative masculine singular of oct?vus
4. ablative neuter singular of oct?vus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oct?vus. Compare the inherited form ochavo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o??tabo/, [o???t?a.??o]

Adjective

octavo (feminine octava, masculine plural octavos, feminine plural octavas)

1. eighth

Noun

octavo m (plural octavos)

1. eighth

Related terms

• ocho