folio
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈfəʊlɪəʊ/, /ˈfəʊljəʊ/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈfoʊliˌoʊ/
Noun

folio (plural folios)

  1. a leaf of a book or manuscript
  2. A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
  3. (printing) A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
  4. (paper) A sheet of paper fold#Verb|folded in half.
  5. (books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
    A rare copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
  6. (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
  7. (legal, dated, 19th to early 20th century) A leaf containing a certain number of words; hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.
  8. A wrapper for loose papers.
Synonyms
  • (book consisting of sheets folded in half) F, f, fo, 2º
Verb

folio (folios, present participle folioing; past and past participle folioed)

  1. to put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page#Verb|page
    Synonyms: foliate



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