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Folie.

a piece of very thinly spread-out material

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfoːli̯ə/
  1. a piece of very thinly spread-out material foil, metal film

    feminine
  2. a piece of very thinly spread-out material plastic wrap, cling film

    feminine
  3. slide (transparent plate bearing something to be projected)

    feminine
  4. slide (page of a computer presentation)

    broadly · feminine
  5. something used as a background for a comparison

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin folia, plural of folium, since the 16th century.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.