Dictionary

foliage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfəʊliɪdʒ/ (UK)
• /ˈfoʊliɪd͡ʒ/ (US)
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Etymology

From earlier foilage, from Late Middle English ffoylage, from Middle French feuillage. The more recent form is influenced by Latin folium (“leaf”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The leaves of plants.
   • Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Fall foliage.
3. (countable, uncountable) An architectural ornament representing foliage.

Forms

Deriveds

foliage-gleaner · foliage leaf · foliologist · snowliage · foliageous · foliaged · foliagelike

Synonyms

leafage

Translations (74)

fi lehvistö (the leaves of plants) · ja 木の葉 (the leaves of plants) · cs listí (the leaves of plants) · nl gebladerte (the leaves of plants) · eo foliaro (the leaves of plants) · de Blätterwerk (the leaves of plants) · hi पर्णसमूह (the leaves of plants) · fur frind (the leaves of plants) · be лі́сце (the leaves of plants) · fr feuillage (an architectural ornament) · el φύλλωμα (the leaves of plants) · la frons (the leaves of plants) · nl loof (the leaves of plants) · ca fullatge (the leaves of plants) · fo leyv (the leaves of plants) · bg листа́к (the leaves of plants) · be лісто́та (the leaves of plants) · sl listje (the leaves of plants) · tl kadahunan (the leaves of plants) · pl liście (an architectural ornament) · es follaje (the leaves of plants) · fr feuillage (the leaves of plants) · fi lehvästö (an architectural ornament) · io foliaro (the leaves of plants) · pt folhame (an architectural ornament) · pl liście (the leaves of plants) · cy deiliant (the leaves of plants) · da løv (the leaves of plants) · cmn 葉形裝飾 /叶形装饰 (an architectural ornament) · ro frunziș (the leaves of plants) · bg шу́ма (the leaves of plants) · uk ли́стя (the leaves of plants) · ru листва́ (the leaves of plants) · gl ramaxe (the leaves of plants) · dsb list (the leaves of plants) · cmn 葉子 /叶子 (the leaves of plants) · de Beblätterung (the leaves of plants) · be лісцё (the leaves of plants) · de Blätter (the leaves of plants) · de Laub (the leaves of plants) · ru ли́стья (the leaves of plants) · hu lomb (the leaves of plants) · sk lístie (the leaves of plants) · pl listowie (the leaves of plants) · fi lehvästö (the leaves of plants) · hy սաղարթ (the leaves of plants) · gl rama (the leaves of plants) · sh ли̑шће (the leaves of plants) · ko 나뭇잎 (the leaves of plants) · es ataurique (an architectural ornament) · sv lövverk (the leaves of plants) · sh lȋšće (the leaves of plants) · pt folhagem (the leaves of plants) · de Belaubung (the leaves of plants) · vec stram (the leaves of plants) · mk лисја (the leaves of plants) · fi lehdet (the leaves of plants) · ga duilliúr (the leaves of plants) · it fogliame (the leaves of plants) · he עַלְוָה (the leaves of plants) · nb løvverk (the leaves of plants) · gl follaxe (the leaves of plants) · mk лисје (the leaves of plants) · de Laubwerk (the leaves of plants) · ms dedaun (the leaves of plants) · sv bladverk (the leaves of plants) · ga clúmh (the leaves of plants) · mi raurau (the leaves of plants) · ro frunzărime (the leaves of plants) · el φυλλωσιά (the leaves of plants) · nb bladverk (the leaves of plants) · vo bledem (the leaves of plants) · ro frunze (the leaves of plants) · kix chá (the leaves of plants)