feuille

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fueille, from Late Latin folia, plural of folium in Classical Latin, itself probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). Doublet of folio, which was borrowed from Latin. Compare English foil, Spanish hoja, Portuguese folha, Catalan fulla, and Italian foglia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fœj/
  • (file)

Noun

feuille f (plural feuilles)

  1. leaf (of a plant or tree)
  2. sheet (of paper, etc)
  3. (informal) ear

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Turkish: föy

See also

Further reading

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