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fo·li·o  (fl-)

n. pl. fo·li·os

1.

a. A large sheet of paper folded once in the middle, making two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript.

b. A book or manuscript of the largest common size, usually about 38 centimeters (15 inches) in height, consisting of such folded sheets.

2.

a. A leaf of a book numbered only on the front side.

b. A number on such a leaf.

c. A page number.

3. Accounting A page in a ledger or two facing pages that are assigned a single number.

4. Law A specific number of words used as a unit for measuring the length of the text of a document.

tr.v. fo·li·oed, fo·li·o·ing, fo·li·os

To number consecutively the pages or leaves of (a book, for example).

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[Middle English, from Late Latin foli, ablative of folium, leaf of paper, from Latin, leaf; see bhel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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folio [ˈfəʊlɪəʊ]

n pl -lios

1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a sheet of paper folded in half to make two leaves for a book or manuscript

2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a book or manuscript of the largest common size made up of such sheets

3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a leaf of paper or parchment numbered on the front side only

4. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a page number in a book

5. (Law) Law a unit of measurement of the length of legal documents, determined by the number of words, generally 72 or 90 in Britain and 100 in the US

6. NZ a collection of related material

adj

(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) relating to or having the format of a folio a folio edition

vb -lios, -lioing, -lioed

(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to number the leaves of (a book) consecutively

[from Latin phrase in foliō in a leaf, from folium leaf]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	folio - the system of numbering pages         page number, pagination, paging page - one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"
	2.	folio - a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) leaf piece of paper, sheet of paper, sheet - paper used for writing or printing flyleaf - a blank leaf in the front or back of a book interleaf - a blank leaf inserted between the leaves of a book page - one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains black and white, written communication, written language - communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
	3.	folio - a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages; "the first folio of Shakespeare's plays" book, volume - physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop"

Translations

folio [ˈfəʊlɪəʊ] N (= sheet) → folio m; (= book) → infolio m, libro m en folio

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folio

n

(= sheet) → Folio nt

(= volume) → Foliant m

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folio [ˈfəʊlɪəʊ] n (book) → volume m in folio; (sheet) → foglio

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folio [ˈfəʊlɪəʊ] n (book) → volume m in folio; (sheet) → foglio

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folio

n folio [ˈfouliou]

1 a sheet of paper folded once. folio; foliovel وَرَقَه прегънат на две лист list folio das Folioblatt τετρασέλιδο folio foolio کاغذ دو ورقه folio folio דַף פוֹלְיו एक बार मोड़ा हुआ कागज folio, arak papira (velicina 21 sa 29.7cm) ívrét, fólió folio fólíó, arkarbrot foglio ２つ折りの紙 2절(折) pusiau sulenktas lapas folio (pusloksnes formāts) folio folioblad folio folio fólio folio ин-фолио list folio presavijeni tabak folio[] กระดาษพับสองฃ ikiye katlanmış kâğıt tabakası 對折紙 ін-фоліо ایک تہ دیا ہوا کاغذ khổ hai 对折纸

2 a book in which the pages are made of sheets of paper folded once Shakespeare's plays were first printed in folio. folio كتاب أوراقُه من حجم فوليو книга с прегънати листи folio bog i folioformat (das) Folio βιβλίο με φύλλα μεγάλου μεγέθους libro en folio foliant کتابی دارای صفحات روبرو foliokokoinen kirja in-folio סֶפֶר בְּתָבנִית פוֹליוֹ पृष्ट संख्या knjiga tog formata, folio fólió buku folio bók í arkarbroti in-folio ２つ折り判の本 2절판의 책 foliantas foliants buku folio foliant bok i folioformat folio fólio in-folio фолиант fólio v velikem formatu veliki format foliant กระดาษพับสองยก 4 หน้า (สำหรับตีพิมพ์เป็นหนังสือ) büyük boyutlu kitap 對開本 фоліант تاؤدار کاغذ سے بنی کوئی کتاب sách làm bằng những trang giấy khổ hai 对开本