Folie

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See also: folie and fólie

German

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Folie

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin folia, plural of folium, since the 16th century.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoːlɪ̯ə/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
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Noun

Folie f (genitive Folie, plural Folien)

  1. a piece of very thinly spread-out material
    1. (if of metal) foil, metal film
    2. (if of plastic) plastic wrap, cling film
  2. slide (transparent plate bearing something to be projected)
    Synonym: Overheadfolie
  3. (by extension, computing) slide (page of a computer presentation)
    Synonym: Slide
  4. (figurative) something used as a background for a comparison
    • 2010, Harald Schwaetzer, “Geisteswissenschaft der Neuzeit, Rogier van der Weydens «St. Lukas malt die Madonna»”, in Anthroposophie:
      Dass Heilige wie Lukas als einer von denen, die das menschliche Bewusstsein vervollkommnet haben, einen engelgleichen Status haben, ist vor der Folie mittelalterlichen Denkens nichts Ungewöhnliches.
      Saints like Luke, as one of those, that have perfected the human consciousness, having an angelic status, is nothing exceptional in the light of middle-age thinking.

Declension

Declension of Folie
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Folie die Folien
genitive einer der Folie der Folien
dative einer der Folie den Folien
accusative eine die Folie die Folien

Hyponyms

Further reading

  • “Folie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Folie” in Duden online
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