FOLIO
What does "FOLIO" mean?
A large sheet of paper folded once, or a book made from such sheets.
Meanings
- A sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or a book of the largest size made this way. The library keeps the heavy folio under glass. technical
- A single leaf of a manuscript or book, numbered on the front. The passage continues on folio 12, recto. technical
- A page number in a printed book. The designer set the folio in small caps at the foot of each page. technical
Did you know?
- Shakespeare's First Folio of 1623 saved 18 of his plays - including Macbeth and The Tempest - that had never been printed and might otherwise have been lost entirely.
Word origin
From Latin 'folium' (leaf), via the ablative phrase 'in folio' (in a leaf); a folio book is one printed on full sheets folded only once.
Remember it
FOLIO comes from Latin 'folium', a leaf - a folio is a book of paper leaves, like a tree of words.
A little poem
One sheet, one fold, two leaves-
and four centuries later
a dead man still says Tempest.
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What it teaches
Some things survive only because someone bound them before they scattered; gather the loose pages while you can.
Quick facts
What does FOLIO mean?
A large sheet of paper folded once, or a book made from such sheets.
Is FOLIO a valid word?
Yes — FOLIO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FOLIO?
FOLIO has 5 letters and 3 syllables.
Where does FOLIO come from?
From Latin 'folium' (leaf), via the ablative phrase 'in folio' (in a leaf); a folio book is one printed on full sheets folded only once.
What can FOLIO teach us?
Some things survive only because someone bound them before they scattered; gather the loose pages while you can.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.