feuille

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French feuille, from Old French fueille, from Late Latin folia, plural of folium in Classical Latin, itself probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (leaf), from *bʰleh₃- (blossom, flower). Doublet of folio, which was borrowed from Latin. Compare English foil, Spanish hoja, Portuguese folha, Catalan fulla, and Italian foglia.

Pronunciation

Noun

feuille f (plural feuilles)

  1. leaf (of a plant)
  2. sheet (of paper, etc)
  3. (informal) ear

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: fèy
  • Turkish: föy

See also

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fueille, from Late Latin folia, from the plural of Latin folium.

Noun

feuille f (plural feuilles)

  1. leaf (of a plant)
  2. sheet (of paper, etc)

Descendants

References

  • feuille on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)