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- Dictionaryfo·li·o/ˈfōlēō/
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- 1. an individual leaf of paper or parchment, numbered on the recto or front side only, occurring either loose as one of a series or forming part of a bound volume.
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: the size of a piece of paper cut two from a sheet. also : paper or a page of this size. b. : a book printed on folio pages.
noun [ C ] uk/ˈfəʊ.li.əʊ/us/ˈfoʊ.li.oʊ/pluralfolios. Add to word listAdd to word list. a book made of paper of a large size, especially one of the earliest books printed in Europe. Anadolu Agency/GettyImages. a single sheet of paper from a book. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Books: kinds of books. abridgment. annual. anthology.
The word folio means "leaf or sheet of paper" in Latin. A folio is made by folding one piece of paper in half — counting each side, this gives you four pages. A larger folio is simply a collection of many folded sheets bound together. In the early days of printing, the fanciest books were folios.
A folio is a book made with paper of a large size, used especially in the early centuries of European printing. Richard told me of three 16th-century folio volumes on alchemy. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary .
a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript. a volume having pages of the largest size, formerly made from such a sheet. a leaf of a manuscript or book numbered only on the front side.
FOLIO meaning: 1. a book made of paper of a large size, especially one of the earliest books printed in Europe 2…. Learn more.
1. a. A large sheet of paper folded once in the middle, making two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. b. A book or manuscript of the largest common size, usually about 38 centimeters (15 inches) in height, consisting of such folded sheets. 2. a. A leaf of a book numbered only on the front side. b. A number on such a leaf. c.
Definition of folio noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
folio meaning, definition, what is folio: a book made with very large sheets of pa...: Learn more.
First, a folio (abbreviated fo or 2o) is a book or pamphlet made up of one or more full sheets of paper, on each of which four pages of text are printed, two on each side; each sheet is then folded once to produce two leaves. Each leaf of a folio book thus is one half the size of the original sheet.
