# leaf
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English leef, from Old English lēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laubą (“leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰ-o-m, from *lewbʰ- (“leaf, rind”)
See also West Frisian leaf, Low German Loov, Dutch loof, German Laub, Danish løv, Swedish löv, Norwegian Nynorsk lauv, Icelandic lauf; also Irish luibh (“herb”), Latin liber (“bast; book”), Lithuanian lúoba (“bark”), Albanian labë (“rind”), Latvian luba (“plank, board”), Russian луб (lub, “bast”).
(Internet slang: Canadian): In reference to the maple leaf as national symbol.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: lēf, IPA: /liːf/
* Audio (US):(file)
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* Rhymes: -iːf
* Homophones: lief; Leith (th-fronting)

### Noun

leaf (countable and uncountable, plural leaves)
* The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
** 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
* (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
* Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
* (publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
    Hyponyms: flyleaf, looseleaf
** 1900, Profitable Advertising, volume 10, number 2, page 893:Heretofore advertisers have had to buy and pay for a leaf — two pages.
* A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
    Synonyms: folio, folium
    gold leaf
* One of the individual flat or curved strips of metal, typically made of spring steel, that make up a leaf spring.
** 1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 52:Lumbering down a precipitous "slideway," the Thornycroft broke two main leaves in the back spring[.]
* (in the plural) Tea leaves.
* A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
* (plural leaves or leafs) A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
    Hyponym: doorleaf
    Meronym: stile
    The train car has one single-leaf and two double-leaf doors per side.
** 1914, Department of Bridges, City of New York, Report, page 90:The bridge shear locks were repaired and the long ends of the shear locks shortened about two inches to eliminate butting of the bridge leafs against each other.
** 1992 July 21, William R. Kennedy, John M. Kennedy, Power mine door system‎, US Patent 5,222,838:It will be noted that the pivotal mounting of the cylinders is such that the cylinders have their greatest leverage (i.e., exert the greatest door-opening force) when the door leafs 24, 28 are closed because the cylinders are generally perpendicular to the closed leafs. This is desirable because the load on the leafs is the greatest when they are closed due to air pressure. As the leafs begin to open and this air pressure decreases, the opening force exerted by the cylinders on the door leafs decreases and the opening speed of the leafs increases.
** 1993, Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1994: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 136:THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE U.S. COAST GUARD: REQUIRE OWNERS/OPERATORS OF BASCULE BRIDGES TO INSTALL CAUTION LIGHTS AND DAYLIGHT MARKINGS AT ELEVATION POINTS ON BRIDGE LEAFS WHERE THEY PROTRUDE OVER NAVIGABLE CHANNELS TO IDEN TIFY TO MARINERS THE POINT AT WHICH FULL SKYWARD CHANNEL CLEARANCE IS NOT AVAILABLE TO TRANSITING VESSELS: THE LIGHTS SHOULD ACTIVATE WHEN THE BRIDGELEAFS ARE IN THE NORMAL FULLY OPEN POSITION. […] THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE U.S. COAST GUARD: REQUIRE THAT BRIDGE OWNERS/OPERATORS PROVIDE IN BASCULE BRIDGE PERMIT APPLICATIONS THE ANGLE OF THE BRIDGELEAF(S). THE MAXIMUM VERTICAL CLEARANCE AT THE FENDERS AND AT THE BRIDGELEAF ENDS, AND THE EXTENT OF HORIZONTAL CHANNEL CLEARANCE OVER WHICH FULL SKYWARD CLEARANCE IS AVAILABLE WHEN THE BRIDGE LEAFS ARE IN THE FULLY OPEN POSITION.
** 1993, Realty and Building, page 20:The four separate segments of the movable bridge span, known as bridge leafs, were alternately rehabilitated while maintaining upper-level roadway and pedestrian traffic on one-half of the bridge and waterway traffic on one-half of the river channel.
** 1993, The Americana Annual: An Encyclopedia of Current Events, Grolier, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, page 224:The hydraulic system lifts and rotates two 413-ft (126-m) bridge leafs, each weighing 7,500 tons, in just four minutes.
** 1996, Gerard R. Wolfe, Chicago in and Around the Loop: Walking Tours of Architecture and History, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 150:Note the Art Deco-style sculptures on the wall of the bridge house showing a ship passing under the raised bridge leafs.
** 2010, James Newport-Chiakulas, Bridges to Justice: Love, Murder, & Politics in Chicago, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 55:Like I’ve said, John, you’ve got to get the two bridge leafs to come down very slowly to a complete stop in order to trigger the tongue locks. This is what holds the two leafs of the bridge firmly in place. Otherwise, the bridge leafs will start bouncing, and once they start bouncing, you’ll never stop them from goin’ straight up in the air.
* (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
** 2011, John Mongan, Noah Kindler, Eric Giguère, Programming Interviews Exposed:The algorithm pops the stack to obtain a new current node when there are no more children (when it reaches a leaf).
* The layer of fat supporting the kidneys of a pig, leaf fat.
* One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
* (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
* (4chan, Internet slang, humorous, sometimes pejorative, plural leafs) A Canadian person.

#### Synonyms

* phyllon

#### Derived terms

* alderleaf Juneberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)
* almond tree leaf skeletoniser moth, almond tree leaf skeletonizer moth (Aglaope infausta)
* aluminium leaf, aluminum leaf
* angle leaf
* apple bud and leaf mite
* apple leaf midge
* apple leaf miner (Lyonetia clerkella)
* arrowleaf
* ash-gray leaf bug
* ash-leaf
* aspen leaf blotch miner moth
* autumn leaf
* auxiliary leaf
* avocado leaf
* babyleaf
* banana leaf
* baroclinic leaf
* bay leaf, bay-leaf
* beleaf
* belladona leaf
* betel leaf
* bible leaf (Tanacetum balsamita)
* big-leaf, bigleaf
* bitter leaf, bitter-leaf, bitterleaf (Vernonia spp.)
* black currant leaf midge (Dasineura tetensi)
* bloodleaf (Iresine spp.)
* blue-sided leaf frog
* blunt-leaf heath (Epacris obtusifolia)
* borrow a leaf out of someone's book
* branch-leaf
* brass leaf
* brightleaf
* broad-leaf, broadleaf
* bronze leaf
* brown leaf
* brown leaf spot
* bumleaf
* butterleaf
* California single-leaf pinyon (Pinus monophylla subsp. californiarum)
* call leaf
* cedar leaf oil
* cereal leaf beetle
* Chinese leaf
* clover-leaf, cloverleaf
* coffee leaf rust
* cold leaf
* come into leaf
* compound leaf
* copper-leaf, copperleaf
* cord-leaf
* crinkle leaf
* curl-leaf
* curly-leaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
* curry leaf, curry-leaf, curry-leaf tree
* cutleaf
* cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
* cutleaf groundcherry (Physalis angulata)
* daisyleaf grape fern (Botrychium matricariifolium)
* deadnettle leaf beetle
* deerfoot vanilla leaf
* diamond-leaf laurel (Auranticarpa rhombifolia)
* digitalis leaf
* dining leaf
* disleaf, disleave
* dock leaf
* double leaf, double-leaf
* Double Leaf Society
* dropleaf
* drop-leaf
* drop-leaf table
* dusky leaf monkey
* Dutch leaf
* earleaf nightshade (Solanum mauritianum)
* end leaf, end-leaf, endleaf
* eumusae leaf spot
* facsimile leaf
* falling leaf
* fall of the leaf
* fanleaf
* featherleaf
* fern-leaf
* fiddleleaf
* fig-leaf
* figleaf
* fig leaf
* fineleaf
* fine leaf jam
* five-leaf
* fiveleaf
* five-leafed
* five-leaf grass
* flag leaf
* flannel-leaf
* flatleaf
* flat-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum group; syn. Petroselinum crispum var. neapolitanum)
* floral leaf
* Florence leaf
* fly-leaf, flyleaf
* foliage leaf
* foliation leaf
* four-leaf
* four-leaf clover
* four-lined leaf bug
* glaucous-leaf oak (Quercus glauca)
* global Nagano leaf
* golden leaf tree (Chrysophyllum cainito)
* gold leaf
* grandleaf seagrape (Coccoloba pubescens
* grape-leaf begonia
* gray-leaf pine, grey-leaf pine
* green leaf lettuce
* halberd-leaf rosemallow (Hibiscus laevis)
* Hattie leaf
* hawkweed-leaf saxifrage, hawkweed-leaved saxifrage (Saxifraga hieraciifolia, syn. Micranthes hieracifolia)
* healing leaf
* heart-leaf
* heartleaf
* hollow leaf
* holly-leaf cherry, hollyleafcherry, holly-leaved cherry (Prunus ilicifolia)
* Hume's leaf warbler
* in full leaf
* in leaf
* interleaf
* interleave
* in the leaf
* ivy-leaf
* Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
* Japanese leaf
* jelly leaf
* jellyleaf
* lace leaf
* lace-leaf, laceleaf, lace-leaf plant
* Lamotte's roundleaf bat (Hipposideros lamottei)
* lantern leaves
* largeleaf
* large leaf-eating ladybird
* lattice leaf
* latticeleaf, lattice leaf plant
* laurel-leaf blade, laurel-leaf point
* leafage
* leaf alcohol
* leaf aldehyde
* leaf aphid
* leaf area duration
* leaf-area index
* leaf-arrowhead
* leaf axil
* leaf-base
* leafbase
* leafbearing
* leaf-bearing
* leaf-beaten
* leaf-bed
* leaf beet
* leaf beetle, leaf-beetle (Chrysomelidae)
* leafbird (Chloropsis)
* leaf-birth
* leaf blade
* leaf blight
* leaf blister
* leaf blotch
* leaf blower, leaf-blower
* leafblowing
* leaf-book
* leaf-brass
* leaf bridge, leaf-bridge
* leaf brown
* leaf bud, leaf-bud, leafbud
* leaf bug, leaf-bug (Miridae)
* leaf-bundle
* leaf butterfly, leaf-butterfly (Charaxinae)
* leaf cactus (Epiphyllum, Pereskia)
* leaf-canopy
* leaf cast
* leaf casting
* leafcasting
* leaf chafer (Rutelinae)
* leaf class
* leaf-climber
* leaf-climbing
* leaf coral (Panona cactus)
* leaf crumpler, leaf-crumpler
* leafcup (Smallanthus uvedalia)
* leaf curling plum aphid (Brachycaudus helichrysi)
* leaf-curling spider
* leaf curl, leaf-curl
* leaf-cushion
* leaf-cut
* leafcutter
* leaf-cutter ant
* leaf-cutter bee
* leaf cutter, leaf-cutter
* leaf-cutting
* leafcutting
* leaf-cutting ant
* leaf-cutting bee
* leaf-cycle
* leaf deer (Muntiacus putaoensis)
* leaf disease
* leaf-disk test
* leafdom
* leaf door
* leaf-drift
* leaf-eared
* leafeater
* leafed
* leafen
* leafen gold
* leafer
* leafery
* leafet
* leaffall
* leaf-fall
* leaf fat, leaf-fat
* leaf-feeder
* leaf-finch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
* leaffish (Polycentridae)
* leaf flea, leaf-flea
* leafflower
* leaf-folder
* leaf-foot bug, leaf-footed bug (Coreidae)
* leaf-footed
* leaf form
* leaf frog, leaf-frog (Hylidae)
* leafful
* leaf gap, leaf-gap
* leaf-gate
* leaf gelatine
* leaf-gilding
* leaf-gold
* leaf green, leaf-green
* leaf hopper, leaf-hopper, leafhopper (Cicadellidae)
* leaf-house
* leaf-hut
* leaf index
* leafing
* leaf initial
* leaf insect, leaf-insect (Phylliidae)
* leaf insertion
* leafit
* leaf-joy
* leaf lard, leaf-lard
* leafless
* leaflet
* leaf lettuce
* leaf lichen
* leaf-like, leaflike
* leafling
* leaf litter
* leaflitter
* leaf louse, leaf-louse
* leaflove
* leaf-mass
* leafmeal
* leaf metal, leaf-metal
* leaf-miner fly
* leaf miner, leaf-miner (Lepidoptera, Symphyta, Diptera)
* leaf-mining caterpillar
* leaf mold, leaf-mold, leaf mould, leaf-mould
* leaf monkey, leaf-monkey (Colobinae)
* leaf-mosaic
* leaf muntjac (Muntiacus putaoensis)
* leaf mustard
* leaf nematode (Aphelenchoididae)
* leaf-netting
* leaf node
* leaf-nosed
* leaf-nosed bat
* leaf-notcher
* leaf notcher (Artipus floridanus)
* leaf of heddles
* leaf-opposed
* leaf out
* Leafpad
* leaf peeper, leaf-peeper
* leaf peeping, leaf-peeping
* leafpile
* leaf-plant
* leaf-plate, leaf-platter
* leaf primordium
* leaf protein
* leaf protein concentrate
* leaf-raking
* leaf-red
* leafroll
* leaf roller, leaf-roller
* leaf-rolling
* leaf roll, leaf-roll
* leaf-rosette
* leaf rust, leaf-rust
* leaf scald
* leaf-scale
* leaf scar, leaf-scar
* leaf scorch
* leafscraper
* leafset
* leaf sewer
* leaf shape
* leaf-shaped
* leaf sheath, leaf-sheath
* leaf-shedding
* leaf shelter
* leaf shutter
* leaf-sickness
* leaf sight, leaf-sight
* leaf-silver
* leaf site
* leaf-skin
* leaf smut
* leaf soil, leaf-soil
* leafsome
* leafspace
* leaf-spine
* leafspot
* leaf spot, leaf-spot
* leaf spring, leaf-spring
* leaf-sprung
* leaf stalk, leaf-stalk, leafstalk
* leaf storm
* leaf-storm
* leaf-table
* leaf-tailed
* leaf-tailed gecko
* leaf tea
* leaf-teeth
* leaf-tendril
* leaf-thorn
* leaf tier
* leaf-tin
* leaf tobacco
* leaf-toed gecko
* leaf topology
* leaftosser
* leaf trace, leaf-trace
* leaf-turner
* leaf turtle
* leaf tyer
* leafule
* leaf-valve
* leaf valve
* leaf vegetable
* leaf warbler, leaf-warbler
* leaf wasp, leaf-wasp (Trigonalidae)
* leafwing
* leafwise
* leaf-work
* leafwork
* leaf-worm
* leafworm
* leafy
* leather leaf, leatherleaf
* leave
* leaved
* leaveless
* leavish
* leavy
* letterleaf
* lettuce leaf
* linkleaf cactus
* lion's leaf
* littleleaf
* little-leaf fig
* little-leaf linden
* little leaf, littleleaf disease
* littleleaf snowberry
* liver-leaf, liverleaf
* local Nagano leaf
* longleaf
* long-leafed pine, long-leaf pine, longleaf pine, long-leaved pine (Pinus palustris)
* loose-leaf
* looseleaf
* lotus leaf wrap
* love leaf
* lower leaf zone
* Lucerne leafweevil
* Malabar leaf
* Malayan roundleaf bat
* maple leaf, maple-leaf
* maximum leaf spanning tree
* metal leaf
* Mexican flame leaf, Mexican flameleaf
* mid-leaf
* monoleaf
* multileaf
* multileaf collimator
* myriad-leaf
* nanoleaf
* narrow-leaf cattail
* narrowleaf hawkweed
* narrow-leaf penstemon
* needleleaf
* needle-leaf tree
* netleaf
* netleaf hackberry
* nettle-leaf giant hyssop
* nettleleaf goosefoot, nettle-leaved goosefoot
* nettle-leaf horsemint
* nettle-leaf porterweed
* nonleaf
* northern corn-leaf blight, northern leaf blight
* noseleaf
* nose leaf, nose-leaf
* Novikov closed leaf theorem
* oak leaf, oakleaf
* oblongleaf Juneberry
* one-leaf
* orange-leaf
* orbiculate leaf
* oriental leaf
* overleaf
* painted leaf
* painted-leaf begonia
* paint leaf
* paleleaf
* palladium leaf
* Pallas's leaf warbler
* palm-leaf
* palm-leaf manuscript
* palm-leaf snail
* patch-leaf
* peachleaf
* peach leaf curl
* peachleaf willow
* pear leaf blister mite (Eriophyes pyri)
* pear leaf blister moth
* pear leaf-curling midge, pear leaf midge
* pine leaf scale
* plain leaf warbler
* platinum leaf
* pointed-leaf maple
* potato leaf roll virus, potato leafroll virus
* preliminary leaf
* primary leaf
* proof leaf
* purple-faced leaf monkey
* purpleleaf
* quarto leaf
* quiverleaf
* raffle leaf
* ragleaf
* rare as a four-leaf clover
* red leaf
* red leaf lettuce
* redleaf rose
* red raspberry leaf
* rigid-leaf poison
* root leaf, root-leaf
* rose-leaf
* rough leaf
* rough-leaf false vervain
* roundleaf
* roundleaf plantain
* roundleaf snowberry
* sacred pepper leaf
* satanic leaf-tailed gecko
* satin leaf, satinleaf
* saw-leaf herb
* scale leaf
* seed leaf, seed-leaf
* seminal leaf
* Semon's leaf-nosed bat
* sesame leaf
* shake like a leaf
* shin leaf, shin-leaf, shinleaf
* shinyleaf
* shortleaf
* short-leaf pine, shortleaf pine, shortleaf yellow pine (Pinus echinata)
* silver-leaf nightshade
* silverleaf nightshade
* silver leaf, silver-leaf
* silver leaf tree
* silverleaf whitefly
* simple leaf
* singleleaf
* single-leaf, single-leaf pine, single-leaf pinyon
* skeleton leaf
* sleek-leaf
* softleaf
* southern leaf-tailed gecko
* spade leaf
* specific leaf area
* spiny-leaf podocarp
* split-leaf philodendron
* spoon-leafed sundew
* spoonleaf yucca
* spring leaf
* starleaf
* star-leaf begonia
* stem and leaf
* stem-and-leaf
* stem-and-leaf plot
* stem leaf
* stiff-leaf
* stiff-leaf goldenrod
* strawberry leaf
* strip-leaf
* stripleaf
* sugarleaf
* Sumatra leaf
* sweet leaf, sweetleaf
* symplectic leaf
* take a leaf out of someone's book
* tansy leaf aster
* tea leaf paradox
* tea leaf, tea-leaf, tealeaf
* tendu leaf
* thickleaf
* thoroughleaf
* thousand-leaf
* threadleaf groundsel
* three-leaf
* tie-a-leaf
* title leaf
* tooling leaf
* toothleaf
* triple nose-leaf bat
* true-leaf
* true leaf
* trumpet-leaf
* turn a new leaf
* turn down a leaf
* turn over a new leaf
* turn over the next leaf
* turn the leaf
* twill of four leaves
* twill of three leaves
* twinleaf onion
* twinleaf, twin-leaf
* two-leaf
* umbrella-leaf
* umbrella leaf
* underleaf
* unit leaf rate
* unleaf, unleave
* upper leaf zone
* vanilla leaf
* velvet-leaf, velvetleaf
* venous leaf
* vine-leaf
* vine leaf
* walking leaf
* walking leaf, walking-leaf (Phylliidae)
* waterleaf
* water leaf, water-leaf
* wavyleaf
* waxleaf privet
* way of the leaf
* Whyteleafe
* willowleaf pear
* willow-leaf point
* windowleaf
* yellow-leaf sickle pine

#### Descendants

* Tok Pisin: lip

#### Translations

Abaga: azag̶aʔe
Abkhaz: абӷьы (abğʲə)
Acehnese: ôn
Adyghe: тхьэпкӏэ (tḥɛpkʼɛ)
Afar: dalaa
Afrikaans: blaar (af)
Ainu: ハㇺ (ham)
Aklanon: dahon
Albanian: gjethe (sq) f pl
Amharic: ቅጠል (ḳəṭäl)
Anus: dau
Arabic: وَرَقَة f (waraqa)
Hijazi Arabic: وَرَقة f (waraga)
Aragonese: fuella (an) f
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܛܪܦܐ m (ṭarpā)
Argobba: ቅጠል (qəțäl)
Armenian: տերեւ (hy) (terew)
Aromanian: frãndzã f, frundzã f
Ashkun: pār
Asi: rahon, dahon
Assamese: পাত n (pat)
Asturian: fueya (ast) f
Atayal: abau
Aymara: laphi (ay)
Azerbaijani: yarpaq (az)
Bahnar: hla
Balinese: don
Bashkir: япраҡ (yapraq)
Basque: hosto (eu), orri (eu)
Belarusian: ліст m (list)
Bengali: পাতা (bn) (pata)
Bhojpuri: पान (pān)
Bole: kumi rewe
Breton: delienn (br) f
Brunei Malay: daun
Buginese: daung
Bulgarian: лист (bg) m (list), листо́ (bg) n (listó)
Burmese: အရွက် (my) (a.rwak)
Buryat: набша (nabša), набшаһан (nabšahan), намаа (namaa)
Butuanon: dahon
Catalan: fulla (ca) f
Cebuano: dahon
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⴼⵔ m (ifr)
Central Melanau: daun
Central Nicobarese: dai
Chamicuro: chijpana
Chavacano: ohas
Chechen: гӏа (ğa)
Cherokee: ᎤᎦᎶᎬ (ugalogv)
Chichewa: tsamba
Chinese:
Cantonese: 葉 / 叶 (yue) (jip$^6$), 葉子 / 叶子 (jip$^6$ zi$^2$)
Dungan: еезы (i͡əi͡əzɨ), еер (i͡əi͡ər), езы (i͡əzɨ)
Eastern Min: 箬箬 (niŏh-niŏh)
Gan: 葉子 / 叶子 (iet$^6$ zi / iet$^7$ zi)
Hakka: 葉 / 叶 (ya̍p)
Hokkien: 葉 / 叶 (zh-min-nan) (ia̍p), 葉仔 / 叶仔 (zh-min-nan) (hio̍h-á)
Jin: 葉子 / 叶子 (ieh$^4$ zeh)
Mandarin: 葉 / 叶 (zh) (yè), 葉子 / 叶子 (zh) (yèzi)
Northern Min: 箬 (niò̤), 箬仔 (niò̤-ciě)
Wu: 葉 / 叶 ($^8$yiq), 葉子 / 叶子 ($^8$yiq-tsy)
Xiang: 葉子 / 叶子 (ie$^6$ zr)
Chuvash: ҫулҫӑ (śulś̬ă)
Cornish: del (collective), delen f
Corsican: foglia (co) f
Cree:
Plains Cree: nīpiy
Czech: list (cs) m
Dalmatian: fualja f
Danish: blad (da) n, løv n
Drung: vng'lvp
Dutch: blad (nl) n
Eastern Cham: ꨈꨶꨮꩉ, ꨨꨤꨩ
Egyptian: (gꜣbt)
Enga: yoko
Erzya: лопа (lopa)
Esperanto: folio (eo)
Estonian: leht (et)
Even: эбдэнрэ (əʙdənrə)
Evenki: авданна (awdanna)
Ewe: aŋgba
Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: blað n
Fijian: drau (fj)
Finnish: lehti (fi)
Fon: ama
Franco-Provençal: fôlye f
French: feuille (fr) f
Friulian: fuee f
Fula:
Adlam: 𞤸𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤮, 𞤳𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤮𞤤
Latin: haako, kaakol
Fuyug: hutu
Galician: folla (gl) f
Ge'ez: ቈጽል (ḳʷäṣl)
Georgian: ფოთოლი (ka) (potoli)
German: Blatt (de) n, Laubblatt (de) n
Alemannic German: Blatt n
Central Franconian: Blatt n
Gilaki: ولگ
Greek: φύλλο (el) n (fýllo)
Ancient: φύλλον n (phúllon), πέταλον n (pétalon)
Greenlandic: pilu
Guaraní: togue (gn)
Gujarati: પાન f (pān), પર્ણ n (parṇ), પાંદડું n (pā̃dḍũ), દલ (dal)
Gwich'in: chʼatʼan
Haitian Creole: fèy
Hausa: ganye (ha), warƙa
Hawaiian: lau
Hebrew: עָלֶה (he) m (alé)
Higaonon: dahon
Hiligaynon: dahon
Hindi: पत्ता (hi) m (pattā), पत्ती (hi) f (pattī)
Hiri Motu: raurau
Hopi: nàapi
Hungarian: levél (hu), falevél (hu)
Hunsrik: plaat
Icelandic: lauf (is) n, laufblað (is) n
Ido: folio (io)
Igbo: akwụkwọ (ig)
Indonesian: daun (id)
Ineseño: qap
Ingrian: lehti
Interlingua: folio
Inuktitut: ᐊᑭᕈᐊᕈᖅ (akiroaroq)
Iranun: raun
Irish: duilleog (ga) f, bileog (ga) f
Italian: foglia (it) f
Iu Mien: normh
Japanese: 葉 (ja) (は, ha), 葉っぱ (ja) (はっぱ, happa), 木の葉 (ja) (このは, konoha)
Jarai: hla
Javanese: godhong (jv), ron
Jeju: 섭 (seop)
Jingpho: lap
Kamkata-viri: por
Kannada: ಎಲೆ (kn) (ele)
Kapampangan: bulung
Karelian: lehti
Kashubian: lëst
Kazakh: жапырақ (japyraq)
Khasi: sla
Khmer: ស្លឹក (km) (slək), ស្លឹកឈើ (slək chəə)
Kikai: 葉 (ぱー, pā)
Kikuyu: ithangũ class 5
Kiput: dun
Komi-Permyak: кор (kor)
Konkani: पाल्लो (pāllo)
Korean: 잎 (ko) (ip)
Kumyk: япыракъ (yapıraq)
Kunigami: 葉 (ぱー, phā)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گەڵا (ckb) (gella)
Laki: گِڵا (gilla), ڤەڵگ (vellg)
Northern Kurdish: belg (ku) m, pel (ku) m
Southern Kurdish: گِڵا (gilla), وەڵگ (wellg)
Kyrgyz: жалбырак (ky) (jalbırak)
Ladino: foja f, yaprak m
Lakota: wahpe, ape
Lao: ໃບ (bai), ໃບໄມ້ (lo) (bai mai)
Latgalian: lopa f
Latin: folium (la) n, frons f
Latvian: lapa (lv) f
Lutuv: hnaa
Ligurian: féuggia f
Limburgish: louf (li) n
Lingala: nkásá class 9/10, lokásá class 11/10
Linngithigh: thondh
Lithuanian: lapas (lt) m
Lombard: foeuja f, fòia f
Low German:
German Low German: Blatt n
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Luganda: ekikoola
Luhya: lisafu
Luxembourgish: Blat n
Macedonian: лист (mk) m (list)
Maguindanao: laun
Malagasy: ravina (mg), ravina (mg)
Malay: daun (ms)
Malayalam: ഇല (ml) (ila)
Maltese: werqa f
Manchu: ᠠᠪᡩᠠᡥᠠ (abdaha)
Manx: duillag f
Maore Comorian: wani class 11/6
Maori: rau (mi), tawhera
Maranao: ra'on
Marathi: पर्ण n (parṇa), पत्र (mr) n (patra), दल (mr) n (dal)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: лышташ (lyštaš)
Western Mari: ӹлӹштӓш (ÿlÿštäš)
Mbyá Guaraní: ogue
Megleno-Romanian: frunză f
Middle English: leef, blad
Minangkabau: daun (min)
Mirandese: fuolha f
Miyako: 葉 (ぱー, pā)
Mizo: hnah
Mòcheno: lap n
Mohegan-Pequot: wunipaq
Moksha: лопа (lopa)
Mon: သၠ (hlaˀ)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: навч (mn) (navč)
Mongolian: ᠨᠠᠪᠴᠢ (nabči)
Motu: rau
Muong: lả
Nahuatl: izhuatl (nah)
Nanai: хабдата (habdata)
Navajo: atʼąąʼ
Nepali: पात (ne) (pāt)
Ngazidja Comorian: wani class 11/10
Norman: (Jersey) fielle f, (Guernsey) fieille f, (Continental Norman) fuule f, (Sark) fiëly f
Northern Amami Ōshima: 葉 (はー, hā)
Northern Mansi: лӯпта (lūpta)
Northern Sami: lasta
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blad (no) n, løv (no) n (dead)
Nynorsk: blad n, lauv n
Occitan: fuèlha (oc) f
Odia: ପତ୍ର (or) (patra)
Ojibwe: aniibiishibag, aniibiishibagoon pl, aniibiish, aniibiishan pl, ᐊᓂᐱᐦᔑᐸᐟ (aniibiishibag), ᐊᓂᐱᐦᔑᐸᑯᐣ pl (aniibiishibagoon), ᐊᓂᐱᐦᐡ (aniibiish), ᐊᓂᐱᐦᔕᐣ pl (aniibiishan)
Okinawan: 葉 (ふぁー, fā)
Okinoerabu: 葉 (はー, fā)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: листъ m (listŭ)
Glagolitic: ⰾⰹⱄⱅⱏ m (listŭ)
Old East Slavic: листъ m (listŭ)
Old English: lēaf (ang) n
Old French: fueille f
Old Javanese: ron
Old Tupi: oba
Omaha-Ponca: 'ábe
Oneida: onláhte̲’
Osage: žąąpé
Ossetian: сыф (syf)
Ottoman Turkish: یپراق (yaprak)
Pacoh: ula, ila
Palauan: llel
Pali: paṇṇa n
Burmese: ပဏ္ဏ n (paṇṇa)
Devanagari: पण्ण n (paṇṇa)
Khmer: បណ្ណ n (paṇṇa)
Sinhalese: පණ්ණ n (paṇṇa)
Thai: ปณฺณ n (paṇṇa)
Pannonian Rusyn: лїст m (ljist)
Papiamentu: foya
Pashto: پاڼه (ps) f (pâṇa)
Pela: a³¹ faʔ⁵⁵, sak⁵⁵ faʔ⁵⁵
Pennsylvania German: Blatt n
Persian:
Dari: بَرْگ (barg)
Iranian Persian: بَرْگ (barg), پَر (par)
Piedmontese: feuja f
Pipil: iswat, izhuat
Plautdietsch: Blaut n
Polish: liść (pl) m
Portuguese: folha (pt) f
Prasuni: pārag
Punjabi: ਪੱਤਾ m (pattā)
Quechua: raphi, llaqhi
Rapa Nui: rua
Rohingya: fata
Romagnol: fója f
Romani: patrin f
Romanian: frunză (ro) f
Romansch: fegl
Russian: лист (ru) m (list), plural for this sense: ли́стья (ru) m pl (lístʹja)
S'gaw Karen: သ့ၣ်လၣ် (thaỳ là)
Saho: dharhaa
Samoan: lau
Sanskrit: पर्ण (sa) n (parṇá), पत्र (sa) n (patra)
Sardinian: fògia f
Saterland Frisian: Blääd n
Scottish Gaelic: duille f, duilleag f
Semai: sela
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лист m, лиска f
Roman: list (sh) m, liska (sh) f
Shan: မႂ် (shn) (mǎue), ဝႂ် (shn) (wǎue)
Shona: shizha
Sicilian: fogghia (scn) f
Sindhi: پَنُ m (panu)
Sinhalese: කොළේ (koḷē), කොළය (koḷaya)
Slovak: list (sk) m
Slovene: list (sl) m
Slovincian: lëst m
Somali: caleen (so) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: list m
Upper Sorbian: list m
Southern Amami Ōshima: 葉 (はー, hā)
Southern Altai: јалбырак (ǰalbïrak)
Spanish: hoja (es) f, foja f (disused), fronda (es) f
Sundanese: daun (su)
Swahili: jani (sw) class 5/6, msahafu (sw) class 3/4
Swedish: blad (sv) n, löv (sv) n
Tagalog: dahon (tl)
Tajik: барг (tg) (barg)
Talysh: livə, لیو
Tamil: இலை (ta) (ilai)
Taos: ə̂na
Tarantino: fogghie f
Tarifit: afar m, tifrešt f
Tat: vəlg
Tatar: яфрак (tt) (yafraq)
Tausug: dahun
Telugu: ఆకు (te) (āku)
Temiar: sela
Tetum: roo
Thai: ใบ (th) (bai), ใบไม้ (th) (bai-máai)
Tibetan: ལོ་མ། (lo ma)
Tlingit: kayaaní
Tocharian A: pält
Tocharian B: pilta
Tok Pisin: lip
Tokunoshima: 葉 (はー, hā)
Tregami: påṭ
Tulu: ಅಡಿಪಿರೆ (aḍipire)
Turkish: yaprak (tr)
Turkmen: ýaprak
Tuvaluan: lau
Tày: bâư
Udi: хазал (ꭓazal)
Udmurt: куар (kuar)
Ukrainian: лист (uk) m (lyst)
Urdu: پَتّی f (pattī), بَرْگ m (barg)
Uyghur: يوپۇرماق (yopurmaq), ياپراق (yapraq)
Uzbek: yaproq (uz), barg (uz)
Venetan: foja (vec) f, fogia f
Veps: leht
Vietnamese: lá (vi)
Vilamovian: błot n
Volapük: bled (vo)
Voro: leht'
Votic: lehti
Waigali: poṭ
Walloon: foye (wa) f
Waray-Waray: dáhon
Welsh: dail (cy) f pl
West Frisian: blêd
White Hmong: nplooj
Woiwurrung: jerrang
Wolof: xob (wo)
Xhosa: igqabi class 5/6
Yaeyama: 葉 (ぱー, pā)
Yakut: сэбирдэх (sebirdeq)
Yurok: kaap'
Yámana: Suka
Yiddish: בלאַט m or f (blat)
Yonaguni: 葉 (はー, hā)
Yoron: 葉 (ぱー, pā)
Yoruba: ewé
Záparo: wíka
Zazaki: pelg (diq) m
Zealandic: blad n
Zhuang: mbaw
Zulu: ikhasi (zu) class 5/6, iqabi (zu) class 5/6 :

### Verb

leaf (third-person singular simple present leafs, present participle leafing, simple past and past participle leafed)
* (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
** 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 164:Then flowered the mead, then leafed all 'Twas caused by the runic lay.
* (transitive) To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves.
    The lettuce in our burgers is 100% hand-leafed.
* (informal, transitive, uncommon) To play a prank on someone by throwing a large clump or collection of leaves at them.

#### Synonyms

* leave (verb)

#### Derived terms

* leafing
* leaf through

#### Translations
### See also

* foliage
* frond
* needle

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 337

### Further reading

* leaf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* leaf (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* “leaf”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “leaf”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Lafe, alef, feal, flea

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /læ͜ɑːf/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laubą. Cognate with Old Saxon lōf, Old High German loub, Old Norse lauf, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (laufs).

#### Noun

lēaf n
* leaf
* page

##### Declension

Strong a-stem:

##### Descendants

* Middle English: leef, lefe, leve, lewe
** English: leaf
*** Tok Pisin: lip
** Scots: leaf, lefe, leif
** Yola: laafe

### Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *laubu. Cognate with Old High German *louba (German Laube).

#### Alternative forms

* lǣf, līf

#### Noun

lēaf f
* permission

##### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

##### Descendants

* English: leave

## Scots
### Etymology

From Middle English leef, lefe, lef, from Old English lēaf.

### Noun

leaf (plural leafs)
* Alternative form of leif (“leaf”)

## West Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɪə̯f/

### Etymology 1

From Old Frisian lāf.

#### Noun

leaf n (plural leaven, diminutive leafke)
* leaf, especially a long leaf, like a blade of grass

##### Further reading

* “leaf (IV)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

### Etymology 2

From Old Frisian liāf.

#### Adjective

leaf
* friendly, kind, cordial

##### Derived terms

* leafde
* leafhawwe
* leavehearsbistke

##### Further reading

* “leaf (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011