Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔl]Category:Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation#FOL

Verb

folCategory:Albanian non-lemma forms#FOLCategory:Albanian verb forms#FOLCategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. second-person singular imperative of flas

Alternative forms

• 科 (fo¹)

Etymology

ClippingCategory:Cantonese clippings#FOL of EnglishCategory:Cantonese terms derived from English#FOL follow.

Pronunciation

Noun

folCategory:Chinese lemmas#FOLCategory:Chinese nouns#FOLCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. (Hong Kong CantoneseCategory:Hong Kong Cantonese#FOL, Internet slangCategory:Chinese internet slang#FOL, social mediaCategory:zh:Social media#FOL) follower count

Verb

folCategory:Chinese lemmas#FOLCategory:Chinese verbs#FOLCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. (Hong Kong CantoneseCategory:Hong Kong Cantonese#FOL, Internet slangCategory:Chinese internet slang#FOL, social mediaCategory:zh:Social media#FOL) to follow

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔl/Category:French 1-syllable words#FOLCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#FOL

Adjective

folCategory:French non-lemma forms#FOLCategory:French adjective forms#FOLCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. alternative form of fou (used only when the following noun starts with a vowel or mute h; otherwise, archaic except for a few set phrases)

Further reading

• “fol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#FOLCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#FOL follis (“bellows, purse”), cognate with Portuguese fole and Spanish fuelle. With the meaning of "madman", from Old OccitanCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Occitan#FOL fol or Old FrenchCategory:Galician terms derived from Old French#FOL fol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl/ [ˈfɔɫ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#FOL
• Rhymes: -ɔlCategory:Rhymes:Galician/ɔl#FOLCategory:Rhymes:Galician/ɔl/1 syllable#FOL
• Hyphenation: fol

Noun

fol m (plural foles)Category:Galician lemmas#FOLCategory:Galician nouns#FOLCategory:Galician countable nouns#FOLCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Galician masculine nouns#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. bag (of bagpipes)
2. bellows
3. bag, sack, goatskin

   home pequeno, fol de veleno

   a little man, a bag of poison

   Category:Galician terms with usage examples#FOL

   (proverb)

4. (archaicCategory:Galician terms with archaic senses#FOL) a madman

References

• “fol”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “fol”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fol”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fol”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fol”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fol”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fol”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

Borrowed from DutchCategory:Manado Malay terms borrowed from Dutch#FOLCategory:Manado Malay terms derived from Dutch#FOL vol (“full”), from Middle DutchCategory:Manado Malay terms derived from Middle Dutch#FOL vol, from Old DutchCategory:Manado Malay terms derived from Old Dutch#FOL fol, ful, full, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Manado Malay terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#FOL *full, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Manado Malay terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FOL *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Manado Malay terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FOL *pl̥h₁nós. Cognate of Indonesian pol.

Adjective

folCategory:Manado Malay lemmas#FOLCategory:Manado Malay adjectives#FOLCategory:Manado Malay entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. full

References

• Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara (2021), Kamus Dwibahasa Melayu Manado-Indonesia (in Indonesian), Manado: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara

Etymology

Derived from FrenchCategory:Mauritian Creole terms derived from French#FOL folle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fol/Category:Mauritian Creole terms with IPA pronunciation#FOL

Noun

folCategory:Mauritian Creole lemmas#FOLCategory:Mauritian Creole nouns#FOLCategory:Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL (masculine fou)

1. (feminine) madwoman (a mad, crazy female)

Adjective

folCategory:Mauritian Creole lemmas#FOLCategory:Mauritian Creole adjectives#FOLCategory:Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL (masculine fou)

1. (feminine) mad, crazy, insane

   Synonym: pagli

Noun

folCategory:Middle English alternative forms#FOLCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. alternative form of fole (“fool”)

Adjective

folCategory:Middle English alternative forms#FOLCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. alternative form of fole (“foolish”)

Etymology

Inherited from Old FrenchCategory:Middle French terms inherited from Old French#FOLCategory:Middle French terms derived from Old French#FOL fol.

Adjective

fol m (feminine singular folle, masculine plural folz, feminine plural folles)Category:Middle French lemmas#FOLCategory:Middle French adjectives#FOLCategory:Middle French entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. mad; insane
2. foolish; silly

Noun

fpl=folles

Category:Pages using invalid parameters when calling Template:frm-noun#FOLfol m (plural fols, feminine singular folle, feminine plural folles)

1. madman (a person who is insane)

Alternative forms

• ful

Etymology

From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#FOLCategory:Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#FOL *full, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#FOLCategory:Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FOL *fullaz.

Adjective

folCategory:Old Dutch lemmas#FOLCategory:Old Dutch adjectives#FOLCategory:Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. full

References

• “fol”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Old French terms inherited from Latin#FOLCategory:Old French terms derived from Latin#FOL follis, follem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl/Category:Old French terms with IPA pronunciation#FOL
• Rhymes: -ɔlCategory:Rhymes:Old French/ɔl#FOLCategory:Rhymes:Old French/ɔl/1 syllable#FOL

Adjective

fol m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fole or folle)Category:Old French lemmas#FOLCategory:Old French adjectives#FOLCategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. mad; insane
2. foolish; silly

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Old Occitan terms inherited from Latin#FOLCategory:Old Occitan terms derived from Latin#FOL follis. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French fol.

Adjective

folCategory:Old Occitan lemmas#FOLCategory:Old Occitan adjectives#FOLCategory:Old Occitan entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. mad; insane; crazy

Etymology

Borrowed from GermanCategory:Polabian terms borrowed from German#FOLCategory:Polabian terms derived from German#FOL voll. Compare Low German vull, Dutch vol, English full, Danish fuld, Swedish full.

Adverb

folCategory:Polabian lemmas#FOLCategory:Polabian adverbs#FOLCategory:Polabian entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. full

   Mon jă fol

   The moon is full

   Category:Polabian terms with usage examples#FOL

References

• Polański, Kazimierz (1994), “fol”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 6 (un – źornü), Warszawa: Energeia, →ISBN, page 1095
• Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “fol”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 61
• Olesch, Reinhold (1973), “vol”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 3: T – Z, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1295

Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian NynorskCategory:Russenorsk terms inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk#FOLCategory:Russenorsk terms derived from Norwegian Nynorsk#FOL full, either through its northern dialectal form (see foill), either through Russian accent (in both cases the vowel changes into [u]-sound with different length).

Pronunciation

Possible examples:

• IPA^(key): /fuʎ/ (Northern Norwegian accent)Category:Russenorsk terms with IPA pronunciation#FOL
• IPA^(key): /fulʲ/ (Russian accent)Category:Russenorsk terms with IPA pronunciation#FOL

Adjective

folCategory:Russenorsk lemmas#FOLCategory:Russenorsk adjectives#FOLCategory:Russenorsk entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. full

   Moja fol Maga

   My stomach is full

   Category:Russenorsk terms with usage examples#FOL

References

• Ingvild Broch; Ernst H. Jahr (1984), Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag

Noun

folCategory:Spanish lemmas#FOLCategory:Spanish nouns#FOLCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. abbreviation of folioCategory:Spanish abbreviations#FOL

Alternative forms

• fala, hal, hol, höl, holu (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman TurkishCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish#FOLCategory:Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#FOL فول (fol, “a nest-egg”), from GreekCategory:Turkish terms derived from Greek#FOL φώλι (fóli, “the act or place of incubation, nest”), from Ancient GreekCategory:Turkish terms derived from Ancient Greek#FOL φωλεός (phōleós, “den, animal burrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɫ/Category:Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation#FOL
• Hyphenation: fol

Noun

fol (definite accusative folu, plural follar)Category:Turkish lemmas#FOLCategory:Turkish nouns#FOLCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. (colloquialCategory:Turkish colloquialisms#FOL) nest egg, an egg or egg-shaped object placed at a spot for a hen to lay her eggs there

Further reading

• “fol”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “fol”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “fol”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1606
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “fol”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Tzitzilis, Christos (1987), Griechische Lehnwörter im Türkischen (mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der anatolischen Dialekte) (Schriften der Balkan-Kommission, philologische Abteilung; 33)‎ (in German), Vienna: Academy Press, § 581, pages 135–136

Etymology

Borrowed from English four.

Numeral

folCategory:Volapük lemmas#FOLCategory:Volapük numerals#FOLCategory:Volapük entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. Category:Volapük cardinal numbers#FOLfour
   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 23:

     Folna fol binos degmäl.

     Four times four is sixteen.

     Category:Volapük terms with quotations#FOL

Further reading

• “fol”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔl/Category:Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation#FOL

Noun

folCategory:Welsh non-lemma forms#FOLCategory:Welsh mutated nouns#FOLCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. soft mutation of of bol

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in West Frisian entries#FOL

Adjective

folCategory:West Frisian lemmas#FOLCategory:West Frisian adjectives#FOLCategory:West Frisian entries with incorrect language header#FOLCategory:Pages with entries#FOLCategory:Pages with 18 entries#FOL

1. full (not empty)
2. full of
3. whole, full, complete