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”). Doublet of foelie and folio.

• 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)

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

folie

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

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)