folio

About 2.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A leaf of a book or manuscript.
2. noun A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
3. noun A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages. A sheet of paper folded in half. A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 centimetres in height.

   A rare copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio.

4. noun A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
5. noun A sheet of paper folded in half.
6. noun A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 centimetres in height.

   A rare copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio.

7. noun A wrapper for loose papers.
8. noun A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.

Similar words

pagination leaf page number page manuscript piece landscape chang sheet slip

Often followed by

of volumes edition volume pages and in text is

Word family

folioed folioing folios