folio

Meanings

Noun

• a leaf of a book or manuscript
• A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
• A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
• A sheet of paper folded in half.
• 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 page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
• 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.
• A wrapper for loose papers.

Verb

• to put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page

Related

Similar words

• F, f, fo, 2º

Narrower meaning words

• atlas folio
• bifolio
• double elephant folio
• elephant folio

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin foliō, the ablative singular form of folium. foil, and folium.