folium
English
noun
Definitions
- A leaf, especially a thin leaf or plate.
- (geometry) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches having a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin folium (leaf, a leaf, foil, sheet).
Origin
Latin
folium
Gloss
leaf, a leaf, foil, sheet
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
葉
Emoji
🌿 🍀 🍁 🍂 🍃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bifolium English
- folic English
- folic acid English
- foliform English
- foliicolous English
- foliophagous English
- foliophagy English
- folivore English
- infoliate English
- *foliola Latin
- abietifolius Latin
- abrotanifolius Latin
- absinthifolius Latin
- acaciifolius Latin
- acerifolius Latin
- achilleifolius Latin
- acicularifolius Latin
- acinacifolius Latin
- acinifolius Latin
- aconitifolius Latin
- actaeifolius Latin
- acuminatifolius Latin
- acutifolius Latin
- alceifolius Latin
- alternifolius Latin
- arbutifolius Latin
- argentifolius Latin
- brevifolius Latin
- caprifolium Latin
- confertifolius Latin
- cordifolius Latin
- crassifolius Latin
- exfolio Latin
- folia Latin
- foliosus Latin
- folium Latin
- grandifolius Latin
- integrifolius Latin
- lanceifolius Latin
- lancifolius Latin
- laurifolius Latin
- linearifolius Latin
- manifolium Latin
- milifolium Latin
- myrtifolius Latin
- oblongifolius Latin
- obtusifolius Latin
- oleifolius Latin
- oppositifolius Latin
- ovalifolius Latin
- parvifolius Latin
- platanifolius Latin
- prunifolius Latin
- quadrifolius Latin
- quinquefolius Latin
- rotundifolius Latin
- sagittifolius Latin
- salicifolius Latin
- sessilifolius Latin
- taxifolius Latin
- tenuifolius Latin
- vorō Latin
- Folsäure German
- foglio Italian
- folio Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰolh₃yom Proto-Indo-European
- folie Norwegian Bokmål
- folie Norwegian Nynorsk
- foil Old French
- fueille Old French
- folio Esperanto
- caducifoli Catalan, Valencian
- full Catalan, Valencian
- fuior Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- folio Ido
- fuljor Aromanian
- fegl Romansh
- figl Romansh
- fögl Romansh
- folh Old Occitan
- fogghiu Sicilian