folie

• fólie

• IPA^(key): [ˈfolɪjɛ]

folie f

1. foil (very thin sheet of metal)

From Latin folium.

folie c (singular definite folien or foliet, plural indefinite folier)

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

• “folie” in Den Danske Ordbog

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoː.li/

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• Hyphenation: fo‧lie
• Rhymes: -oːli

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

1. foil (sheet of material)

• aluminiumfolie
• foliedruk
• huishoudfolie
• tinfolie
• zilverfolie

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

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.li/

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• Rhymes: -i

folie f (plural folies)

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

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

• fou, folle

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

• fiole

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.

From fol +‎ -ie.

folie oblique singular, 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
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: folia
  • Galician: folía
  • Portuguese: folia

Borrowed from French folie.

folie f (plural folii)

1. madness, folly

folie

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

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.

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

• gladpack (“plastic wrap, cling film”)

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