folio

noun FOH-lyoh Rare

Origin: From Latin folium, 'leaf'.

Usage Note

Folio refers to a large-format book or manuscript page, most famously the First Folio of Shakespeare's works (il Primo Folio). In Italian publishing and manuscript studies it also denotes a single leaf of a manuscript (folio recto/verso). Do not confuse with foglio ('sheet of paper'), which is the everyday word.

Examples

"Il testo è conservato in un antico folio manoscritto."

Natural Translation

The text is preserved in an ancient manuscript folio.

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