Folio

Quick meaning: Folio is a noun meaning A leaf of a book or manuscript.

Meaning

A leaf of a book or manuscript.

More Meanings

1. A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
2. A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
3. A sheet of paper folded in half.
4. A wrapper for loose papers.
5. (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
6. (computing) A protective case with a flap that folds to cover the screen of a mobile device.
7. 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 centimetres in height.

Example Sentences

A rare copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio.

verso left-hand page of a book usually identified with even folio numbers. […] recto right-hand page of a book usually identified with odd folio numbers.

A treatiſe in Folio, intitled, The Magazen of Honour, or a Treatiſe concerninge the Nobillitie of England accordinge to the Lawes of England, with their Priviledges in Parliament, & in what caſes noe priviledge, together with the Etymologie, definition & antiquitie of 3 ſortes of Barons.

This pocket copying-machine, by which letters and writings of all sizes, even folio, may be very quickly copied, consists of a press four inches long, with a small cylinder, which contains pens and ink: the whole apparatus may be conveniently carried in the pocket, and the price is very moderate.

Word Forms

• folios
• folioing
• folioed

Synonyms for folio

Depending on context, synonyms include F, fo, leaf, pagination.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pagination, leaf, page, manuscript, piece, landscape.

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