# folie
## Czech
### Alternative forms

* fólie

### Noun

folie f
* foil (very thin sheet of metal)

#### Declension
## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin folium.

### Noun

folie c (singular definite folien or foliet, plural indefinite folier)
* foil (thin material)
* film (thin material, such as plastic film, cling film)

#### Derived terms

* aluminiumsfolie
* plastfolie
* alufolie
* foliebakke
* guldfolie
* metalfolie
* sølvfolie

### References

* “folie” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfoː.li/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: fo‧lie
* Rhymes: -oːli

### Noun

folie f or n (plural folies, diminutive folietje n)
* foil (sheet of material)

#### Derived terms

* aluminiumfolie
* foliedruk
* huishoudfolie
* tinfolie
* zilverfolie

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔ.li/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -i

### Noun

folie f (plural folies)
* madness, folly, insanity; silliness, craziness
* (architecture) folly

#### Derived terms

* faire des folies
* folie des grandeurs
* folie du pourquoi

#### Related terms

* fou, folle

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* fiole

## Middle English
### Noun

folie
* Alternative form of folye

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin folium.

### Noun

folie m (definite singular folien, indefinite plural folier, definite plural foliene)
* foil (thin material)
* film (thin material, such as plastic film, cling film)

#### Derived terms

* aluminiumsfolie
* plastfolie

### References

* “folie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin folium.

### Noun

folie m (definite singular folien, indefinite plural foliar, definite plural foliane)
* foil (thin material)
* film (thin material, such as plastic film, cling film)

#### Derived terms

* aluminiumsfolie
* plastfolie

### References

* “folie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology

From fol +‎ -ie.

### Noun

folie oblique singular, f (oblique plural folies, nominative singular folie, nominative plural folies)
* madness; insanity

#### Descendants

* 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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French folie.

### Noun

folie f (plural folii)
* madness, folly

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Verb

folie
* inflection of foliar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Noun

folie c
* a thin sheet of metal or plastic or the like (for packaging or cooking food); aluminum foil, plastic wrap, cling film, etc.

#### Derived terms

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

#### See also

* gladpack (“plastic wrap, cling film”)

### References

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