folie

• fólie

folie f

1. foil (very thin sheet of metal)

From German Folie, from Late Latin folia, plural form of folium (“leaf, sheet”). The word foelie derives from the same source, but is older and entered the language via Old French.

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folie f or n (plural folies, diminutive folietje n)

1. foil (sheet of material)

• aluminiumfolie
• tinfolie

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.li/

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folie f (plural folies)

1. madness, folly, insanity; silliness, craziness
2. (architecture) folly

• fou, folle

• “folie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• fiole

folie (plural folies)

1. leaf
2. sheet (of paper)
3. (metal) foil

folie

1. Alternative form of folye

From Latin folium

folie m (definite singular folien, indefinite plural folier, definite plural foliene)

1. foil (thin material)
2. film (thin material, such as plastic film, cling film)

• aluminiumsfolie
• plastfolie

• “folie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin folium

folie m (definite singular folien, indefinite plural foliar, definite plural foliane)

1. foil (thin material)
2. film (thin material, such as plastic film, cling film)

• aluminiumsfolie
• plastfolie

• “folie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

folie f (oblique plural folies, nominative singular folie, nominative plural folies)

1. madness; insanity

• French: folie
• → Middle English: folye, foly, folie, foli, foolie, fooli, fooly, ffoly, ffolye
  • English: folly
  • Scots: folly

folie

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of foliar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of foliar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of foliar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of foliar.