folio
To put a serial number onTo put a serial number on (a folio or page, or on all the folios or pages of a book); to foliate, to page.
» The missing folio caused uncertainty about the manuscript's original structure.
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1 sensesTo put a serial number on (a folio or page, or on all the folios or pages of a book); to foliate, to page.
Examples
3 sentencesThe missing folio caused uncertainty about the manuscript's original structure.
The scholar compared two folios to determine which scribes had copied the text.
Where old organs whisper dead arias, while the wind, rattling through the doors, turns over folios, songbooks, and missals.
Origin
From Middle English folio (“leaf of a book”), borrowed from Medieval Latin foliō, Late LatFrom Middle English folio (“leaf of a book”), borrowed from Medieval Latin foliō, Late Latin foliō, Latin foliō, the ablative singular form of Late Latin folium (“leaf or sheet of paper”), Latin folium (“leaf of a plant”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“bloom, flower”). Doublet of foil and folium, and distantly related to phyllo and phyllon.
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Forms
folios, folioing, folioed, folioedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle