Synonyms for folio
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : foh-lee-oh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfoʊ liˌoʊ |
Top 10 synonyms for folio Other synonyms for the word folio
- area
- atlas
- bestseller
- Bible
- cardinal
- character
- chiffer
- cipher
- codex
- compendium
- count
- decimal
- denominator
- digit
- dissertation
- emblem
- encyclopedia
- expanse
- figure
- film
- foil
- folio
- fraction
- googol
- handbook
- hardcover
- integer
- lamina
- layer
- leaf
- leaflet
- lexicon
- magazine
- manual
- membrane
- monograph
- nonfiction
- novel
- numeral
- numerator
- octavo
- offprint
- omnibus
- opus
- opuscule
- ordinal
- overlay
- pamphlet
- pane
- panel
- paper
- paperback
- periodical
- piece
- plate
- ply
- portfolio
- preprint
- prime
- primer
- publication
- quarto
- reader
- recto
- representation
- reprint
- roll
- scroll
- sheet
- side
- sign
- signature
- slab
- softcover
- speller
- statistic
- stratum
- stretch
- sum
- surface
- sweep
- symbol
- text
- textbook
- thesaurus
- tome
- total
- tract
- treatise
- vade mecum
- veneer
- verso
- volume
- whole number
- work
- writing
Définition of folio
Origin :- mid-15c., from Late Latin folio "leaf or sheet of paper," from Latin folio, ablative of folium "leaf," from PIE *bhulyom "leaf" (cf. Greek phyllon "leaf," Gaelic bile "leaflet, blossom"), from root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole). Ablative of location, because this was used in page references. Meaning "volume of the largest size" first attested 1620s.
- As in leaf : noun page of document
- As in number : noun unit of the mathematical system
- As in page : noun sheet of paper
- As in sheet : noun coating, covering; page
- As in book : noun published document
- The Rector spoke with an obvious effort, got his hand off the page and closed the folio.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- I would not take my folio paper for this epistle, and now I repent it.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- Nor can we regard as aught other such terms as 'leaf' or 'folio,' which is also 'leaf.'
- Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various
- He was seated at a table, and had a large old German folio open before him.
- Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
- He had got through January and February in five folio volumes, when he died in 1658.
- Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton
- We have only to consider the absurdity of a handy-volume Gibbon or a folio Lamb.
- Extract from : « The Booklover and His Books » by Harry Lyman Koopman
- The generally used descriptions of size, from folio down to 48mo.
- Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
- But the whole truth as regards the Folio was not to be divulged yet.
- Extract from : « Ballads of Romance and Chivalry » by Frank Sidgwick
- But it is another thing when Lamb says, “I do not care for a first folio of Shakespeare.”
- Extract from : « The Library » by Andrew Lang
- It appears in the folio collection of his works of the year 1628.
- Extract from : « Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce » by E. R. Billings.
Antonyms for folio
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