folie

See also: Folie and fólie

Czech

Alternative forms

• fólie

Noun

folie f

1. foil (very thin sheet of metal)

Declension

Declension of folie (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	folie	folie
genitive	folie	folií
dative	folii	foliím
accusative	folii	folie
vocative	folie	folie
locative	folii	foliích
instrumental	folií	foliemi

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoː.li/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fo‧lie
• Rhymes: -oːli

Noun

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

1. foil (sheet of material)

Derived terms

• aluminiumfolie
• foliedruk
• huishoudfolie
• tinfolie
• zilverfolie

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French folie, from Old French folie, from fol + -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.li/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

folie f (plural folies)

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

Derived terms

• faire des folies
• folie des grandeurs
• folie du pourquoi

Related terms

• fou, folle

Further reading

• “folie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• fiole

Middle English

Noun

folie

1. Alternative form of folye

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin folium.

Noun

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)

Derived terms

• aluminiumsfolie
• plastfolie

References

• “folie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin folium.

Noun

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)

Derived terms

• aluminiumsfolie
• plastfolie

References

• “folie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From fol +‎ -ie.

Noun

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

1. madness; insanity

Descendants

• French: folie
• → Middle English: folye, foly, folie, foli, foolie, fooli, fooly, ffoly, ffolye
  • English: folly
  • Scots: folly
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: folia
  • Galician: folía
  • Portuguese: folia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French folie.

Noun

folie f (plural folii)

1. madness, folly

Declension

Declension of folie

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) folie	folia	(niște) folii	foliile
genitive/dative	(unei) folii	foliei	(unor) folii	foliilor
vocative	folie, folio		foliilor

Spanish

Verb

folie

1. inflection of foliar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Noun

folie c

1. a thin sheet of metal or plastic or the like (for packaging or cooking food); aluminum foil, plastic wrap, cling film, etc.

Declension

Declension of folie

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	folie	folies
	definite	folien	foliens
plural	indefinite	folier	foliers
	definite	folierna	foliernas

Derived terms

• aluminiumfolie (“aluminum foil”)
• plastfolie (“plastic wrap, cling film”)

See also

• gladpack (“plastic wrap, cling film”)

References

• folie in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• folie in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• folie in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)