foliation
French, noun/fɔ.lja.sjɔ̃/
foliation is spelled F-O-L-I-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written French, the 198,467th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Foliation is a French feminine noun meaning “foliation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Disposition des feuilles autour de la tige”.
What does foliation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefoliation
- 2
femininefoliation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Disposition des feuilles autour de la tige. 2. Moment où les bourgeons commencent à développer leurs feuilles. 3. Ségrégation des minéraux d'une roche en couches successives sous l'effet d'une pression ou d'une forte température.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of foliation
- foliations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce foliation?
- /fɔ.lja.sjɔ̃/
- \fɔ.lja.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is foliation in French?
foliation appears about once in every 39 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).