Folio Definition

fōlē-ō
folioed, folioing, folios
noun
folios
A large sheet of paper folded once, so that it forms two leaves, or four pages, of a book, manuscript, etc.
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A large size of book, about 12 by 15 inches, made of sheets folded in this way.
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A page of a ledger, or facing pages with the same number.
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A number on such a leaf.
American Heritage
A leaf of a manuscript, book, etc. numbered on only one side.
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Synonyms:
verb
folios
To number the pages of (a book, etc.) consecutively; page.
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adjective
Having sheets folded once; of the size of a folio.
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idiom
in folio
  • in the form or size of a folio
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Other Word Forms of Folio

Noun

Singular:
folio
Plural:
folios

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Folio

  • in folio

Origin of Folio

  • Middle English from Late Latin foliō ablative of folium leaf of paper from Latin leaf bhel-3 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin ablative singular form of folium (“leaf”)

    From Wiktionary

Folio Sentence Examples

  • His observations appeared in four large folio volumes (1776-1811).

  • In 1800 Borkhausen with others commenced at Darmstadt a Teutsche Ornithologie in folio which appeared at intervals till 1812, and remains unfinished, though a reissue of the portion published took place between 1837 and 1841.

  • It is mentioned in a comedy entitled Ram Alley (1611) and Lilly the 2 Various changes in the names of the taverns are made in the folio edition of this play (1616) from the quarto (1601); thus the Mermaid of the quarto becomes the Windmill in the folio, and the Mitre of the quarto is the Star of the folio.

  • To illustrate the antiquities described in this work he published a large folio volume of Illustrations of the Monuments of Nineveh (1849).

  • Another similar passage is quoted by Richter from folio 404b of the reproduction of the Codice Atlantico, in Milan, published by the Italian government.

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