leporello
noun
leporello is a noun meaning “A style of parallel folding with the folds alternating between front and back; concertina fold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-E-P-O-R-E-L-L-O, and it appears about once in every 22 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of leporello is leporellos.
What does leporello mean?
noun
- 1
A style of parallel folding with the folds alternating between front and back; concertina fold.
- 2
Any printed material (book, leaflet etc.) having such folds; a concertina.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of leporello
- leporellos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is leporello?
Leporello appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th 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).
Leporello in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense printed material having leporello folds:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | leporello |
| German | Leporello |
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 leporello come from?
Named after Leporello, the servant of the eponymous character in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, who unfolds a long list of Don Giovanni's love conquests.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).