foliate

English

Etymology

From mid-15c., from Late Latin folio "leaf or sheet of paper", from Latin folio, ablative of folium "leaf" (source also of Italian foglia, French feuille, Spanish hoja), from PIE *bhol-yo- "leaf" (source also of Greek phyllon "leaf", Gaelic bile "leaflet, blossom"), suffixed form of root *bhel- (3) "to thrive, bloom". Ablative of location, because this was used in page references. Meaning "volume of the largest size" first attested 1620s.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊliət/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊlieɪt/

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Adjective

foliate (comparative more foliate, superlative most foliate)

1. of or relating to leaves
2. shaped like a leaf
3. (geology) foliated

Derived terms

• bifoliate
• defoliate
• difoliate
• exfoliate
• quadrifoliate
• subfoliate
• foliate curve

Verb

foliate (third-person singular simple present foliates, present participle foliating, simple past and past participle foliated)

1. To form into leaves.
2. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
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     for leaf gold, or any metal foliated, will cling

3. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver.

   to foliate a looking-glass

Translations

to form into leaves

• Latin: frondeō
• Ottoman Turkish: یپراقلانمق (yapraklanmak)
• Turkish: yapraklanmak (tr)

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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} duilligh

Anagrams

• floatie

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fo.liˈaː.te/, [fɔlʲiˈäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fo.liˈa.te/, [foliˈäːt̪e]

Adjective

foliāte

1. vocative masculine singular of foliātus

Spanish

Verb

foliate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of foliar combined with te