feuille

Etymology

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”). See also folio, which was borrowed from the Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœj/

• audio (une feuille)

  (file)

Noun

feuille f (plural feuilles)

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

See also

• abattant m

Further reading

• “feuille” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).