foldout
noun, adjective
foldout is a noun meaning “An overlarge page that is folded into a book or magazine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-L-D-O-U-T, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of foldout is foldouts.
What does foldout mean?
noun
- 1
An overlarge page that is folded into a book or magazine.
- 2
A bed that folds out from a closed position.
adjective
- 1
That folds out from a closed position.
a foldout map
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of foldout
- foldouts plural
- fold-out
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is foldout?
Foldout appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Foldout in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Ausfalter , ausfaltbar, ausklappbar |
| Spanish | desplegable |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does foldout come from?
Deverbal from fold out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).