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DictionaryfolioBook leaf or page
noun

folio

A leaf or numbered page in a book or manuscript.

The librarian carefully turns each folio of the fragile manuscript.

Etymology
folioLatinleaf

The Latin word means a leaf. Bookmaking applies that image to an individual leaf of paper or parchment, and folio can also identify a numbered page.

More examples

  • A water stain covers the lower half of this folio.
  • The poem begins on folio 12.
  • Two folios are missing from the middle of the manuscript.

Forms

folio · folios

Similar words

leaf
A physical sheet with two sides, whether numbered or not.
page
One side of a leaf, rather than the whole sheet.