folder

See also: fôlder

English

Etymology

From fold +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊɫdɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊldə/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)

Noun

folder (plural folders)

A typical icon of a folder (2)

An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.
I keep all my schoolwork in a yellow folder.
(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.
Synonym: directory

My essays are in the folder named "Essays".
A machine or person that folds things.
A folding knife.

Translations

organizer

Afrikaans: lêergids
Arabic: مِلَفّ‎‎ m (milaff), مُجَلَّد‎‎ m (mujallad), ضُبَارَة‎‎ f (ḍubāra)
Armenian: թղթապանակ (hy) (tʿłtʿapanak)
Belarusian: па́пка (be) f (pápka), скорасшыва́льнік m (skorasšyválʹnik)
Bulgarian: па́пка (bg) f (pápka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 卷宗 (zh) (juànzōng), 文件夾 (zh), 文件夹 (zh) (wénjiànjiā)
Dutch: hechtmap f, map (nl) f
Finnish: kansio (fi)
French: dossier (fr) m, chemise (fr) f, classeur (fr) m
Georgian: მკეცავი (mḳecavi), საქაღალდე (sakaɣalde)
German: Ordner (de) m, Mappe (de) f
Greek: φάκελος (el) m (fákelos)
Hungarian: iratgyűjtő (hu)
Icelandic: mappa (is) f
Italian: cartella (it) f, fascicolo (it) m
Japanese: フォルダ (ja) (foruda)
Korean: 서류철 (ko) (seoryucheol), 폴더 (poldeo)
Latin: categoria f
Latvian: mape f, vāks m
Luxembourgish: Mapp f, Classeur m

Macedonian: папка f (papka), фасцикла f (fascikla)
Malay: pelipat
Maori: kōpaki
Mongolian: папк (papk)
Norman: dôssyi m (Jersey)
Persian: پوشه‎‎ (fa) (puše)
Polish: teczka (pl) f, skoroszyt m, folder (pl) m
Portuguese: pasta (pt) f
Romanian: dosar (ro) n
Russian: па́пка (ru) f (pápka), скоросшива́тель (ru) m (skorosšivátelʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фасцѝкл m

Roman: fascìkl (sh) m
Slovene: mapa
Spanish: carpeta (es) f
Swahili: folda
Swedish: pärm (sv) c
Tagalog: ipitan
Turkish: klasör (tr)
Ukrainian: па́пка f (pápka), швидкозшива́ч m (švydkozšyváč)
Vietnamese: bìa hồ sơ

container of computer files

Afrikaans: vouer
Arabic: مُجَلَّد‎‎ m (mujallad)
Armenian: պանակ (hy) (panak)
Bulgarian: директо́рия (bg) f (direktórija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 目錄 (zh), 目录 (zh) (mùlù)
Czech: složka (cs) f
Dutch: map (nl) m
Finnish: kansio (fi)
French: dossier (fr) m, répertoire (fr) m
Georgian: ფოლდერი (polderi), საქაღალდე (sakaɣalde)
German: Ordner (de) m, Verzeichnis (de) n
Greek: φάκελος (el) m (fákelos)
Hungarian: mappa (hu)
Icelandic: mappa (is) f
Ido: repertorio (io)
Indonesian: folder (id), map (id)
Italian: cartella (it)
Japanese: フォルダ (ja) (foruda), ディレクトリ (ja) (direkutori)
Korean: 폴더 (poldeo)
Latin: categoria

Lithuanian: aplankas m
Macedonian: папка f (papka), директориум m (direktorium)
Malay: pelipat
Norman: dôssyi m
Norwegian: mappe m
Polish: folder (pl) m, katalog (pl) m
Portuguese: pasta (pt) f (Brazil), ficheiro (pt) m (Portugal), diretório (pt) m
Romanian: folder n, director (ro) n
Russian: па́пка (ru) f (pápka), катало́г (ru) m (katalóg), директо́рия (ru) f (direktórija) (dated)
Scottish Gaelic: pasgan m
Serbo-Croatian: fascikla (sh) f
Cyrillic: дирѐкто̄ријум m, дирѐкто̄риј m, ма̏па f

Roman: dirèktōrijum m, dirèktōrij (sh) m, mȁpa (sh) f
Slovak: priečinok m
Slovene: mapa
Spanish: carpeta (es) f
Swedish: mapp (sv) c, katalog (sv) c
Turkish: klasör (tr)
Vietnamese: thư mục (vi)
Welsh: ffolder

person who folds things

French: plieur (fr) m (person), plieuse (fr) f (machine)
Macedonian: пресвиткувач m (presvitkuvač)
Malay: pelipat
Portuguese: dobrador m
Russian: фальцо́вщик (ru) m (falʹcóvščik), фальцо́вщица (ru) f (falʹcóvščica)

Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пресавијач m

Roman: presavijač m
Turkish: katlamacı

Anagrams

refold, rolfed

Danish

Noun

folder c pl

indefinite plural of folde

Verb

folder

present tense of folde

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English folder.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Hyphenation: fol‧der

Noun

folder m (plural folders, diminutive foldertje n)

(folded) leaflet with information of advertising

Derived terms

Terms derived from folder

aanbiedingsfolder

reclamefolder

Polish

Etymology

From English folder.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl.dɛr/
Audio (file)

Noun

folder m inan

(computing) folder
Synonym: katalog

Declension

declension of folder

	singular	plural
nominative	folder	foldery
genitive	folderu	folderów
dative	folderowi	folderom
accusative	folder	foldery
instrumental	folderem	folderami
locative	folderze	folderach
vocative	folderze	foldery

Portuguese

Alternative forms

fôlder

Etymology

From English folder.

Noun

folder m (plural folders or folderes (rare))

(Brazil) leaflet (small piece of paper with information)
Synonym: panfleto

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English folder.

Noun

folder ? (Cyrillic spelling фолдер)

(computing, colloquial) folder
Synonyms: fascikla, mȁpa

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