# folia
## English
### Noun

folia
* plural of folium

### Anagrams

* Alofi

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese folha.

### Noun

folia
* leaf

## Latin
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

folia n
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of folium

### Etymology 2

From the above form, reinterpreted as a feminine singular. See folium.

#### Noun

folia f (genitive foliae); first declension (Late Latin)
* a leaf
* a sheet or leaf of paper

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Descendants

* Balkan Romance:
** Aromanian: foalji
** Istro-Romanian: foľe
** Romanian: foaie
* Dalmatian:
** Dalmatian: fualja
* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: foglia
** Sicilian: fogghia
* North Italian:
** Venetan: fogia, foja
** Rhaeto-Romance:
*** Friulian: fuee
*** Romansch: föglia
* Gallo-Romance:
** Franco-Provençal: fôlye
** Oïl:
*** Norman: fielle
*** Old French: fueille (see there for further descendants)
*** Walloon: foye
* Occitano-Romance:
** Catalan: fulla
** Occitan: fuèlha, huelha
** Aragonese: fuella
* Ibero-Romance:
** Asturian: fueya
** Old Galician-Portuguese: folla, folha
*** Galician: folla
*** Portuguese: folha
** Old Spanish: foja
*** Ladino: oja
*** Spanish: hoja
* Insular Romance:
** Sardinian: fògia, folla, foza

### References

* "folia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

folia
* foil (thin material)

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

fol (“foolish”) +‎ -ia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fo.ˈli.a/

### Noun

folia f (plural folias)
* foolishness, madness
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 132 (facsimile):
    Quen leixar ſ(ant)a m(aria) por outra fara folia.
       He who leaves Holy Mary for another (woman) acts foolishly.

#### Descendants

* Galician: folía
* Portuguese: folia

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

Cognate with Old French folie, Old Galician-Portuguese folia.

### Noun

folia f (oblique plural folias, nominative singular folia, nominative plural folias)
* madness

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* folga (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from German Folie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔ.lja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔlja
* Syllabification: fo‧lia

### Noun

folia f (diminutive folijka)
* plastic film, especially the kinds used to make plastic bags and food packaging
* foil

#### Derived terms

* foliarka
* foliarz
* foliować
* foliowy
* foliówka

#### Descendants

* → Belarusian: фо́льга (fólʹha)
* → Russian: фольга (folʹga), фо́лья (fólʹja) — 19th century also
** → Armenian: ֆոլգա (folga)
** → Georgian: ფოლგა (polga)
** ⇒ Livvi: folʼgu
* → Ukrainian: фольга́ (folʹhá), фо́льга (fólʹha)

### Further reading

* folia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* folia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese folia, from fol + -ia. Cognate with Galician folía.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /foˈli.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /foˈli.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /foˈli.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fuˈli.ɐ/
* Rhymes: -iɐ
* Hyphenation: fo‧li‧a

### Noun

folia f (plural folias)
* merrymaking. merriment
* (music) folia
* (dance) an old Portuguese dance

#### Derived terms

* foliador
* folião
* foliar

### Further reading

* “folia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “folia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Verb

folia
* inflection of foliar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative