foliage
The leaves of plantsThe leaves of plants.
» Ziri's dog bolted into the foliage.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The leaves of plants.
Blätter, Laub, Laubwerk
листва́listvá, ли́стьяlístʹja
ли́стяlýstja
(countable, uncountable)An architectural ornament representing foliage.
(architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
Examples
19 sentencesZiri's dog bolted into the foliage.
The wind rustled through the foliage.
The fawn blended seamlessly into the foliage.
deDer Faun verschmolz nahtlos mit dem Laubwerk. — Yorwba
Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.
ruЭрудиция может произвести листву - без плодоношения. — shanghainese
Ziri trimmed the foliage of the ivy.
Translations
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Origin
From earlier foilage, from Late Middle English ffoylage, from Middle French feuillage. TheFrom earlier foilage, from Late Middle English ffoylage, from Middle French feuillage. The more recent form is influenced by Latin folium (“leaf”).
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Forms
plural: foliagesSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.