Dictionary

flyleaf en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈflaɪˌlif/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English fly Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Old English lēaf Middle English lef English leaf English flyleaf From fly + leaf.

Meanings

1. A blank leaf at the front or back of a book.
   • The flyleaf of Alice Walker's The Color Purple calls the book "honest, poignant, laughing, defiant...a story about heroic lives, love, and the nature of god.... It breaks new ground in fiction with its portrayal of women." 1985 December 28, Angela Bowen, “Spielberg's Color Purple, Not Walker's”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 24, page 6:
   • The scribbles on the margins, the occasional date on the flyleaf, the faded bus ticket marking a page for a reason today mysterious, all try to remind me of who I was then. 2008 May 15, Alberto Manguel, “A 30,000-Volume Window on the World”, in New York Times:
2. A blank leaf at the front or back of a book. ▸ Especially, the free portion of an endpaper.
   • Holonym: endpaper

Forms

Relateds

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Translations (17)

is saurblað (blank page at the front or back of a book) · ja 遊び紙 (blank page at the front or back of a book) · sv försättsblad (blank page at the front or back of a book) · de Vorsatz (blank page at the front or back of a book) · fr page de garde (blank page at the front or back of a book) · fi tyhjä sivu (blank page at the front or back of a book) · pt guarda (blank page at the front or back of a book) · ru форза́ц (blank page at the front or back of a book) · cmn 襯頁 /衬页 (blank page at the front or back of a book) · nl schutblad (blank page at the front or back of a book) · ca pàgina de respecte (blank page at the front or back of a book) · sv försätts (blank page at the front or back of a book) · de Vorsatzblatt (blank page at the front or back of a book) · he דף מגן (blank page at the front or back of a book) · cmn 扉頁 /扉页 (blank page at the front or back of a book) · ru фо́рзац (blank page at the front or back of a book) · es guarda (blank page at the front or back of a book)