foliole
\fɔ.ljɔl\
The verdict
“foliole” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chacune des petites feuilles qui forment une feuille composée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-foliole · foliole · French
foliole · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foliole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔ.ljɔl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « foliole » en français
Rare enough to double-check
foliole is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔ.ljɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for foliole in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is foliole, spelled F-O-L-I-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Chacune des petites feuilles qui forment une feuille composée.
- 2Chaque pièce d’un calice ou d’un involucre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foliole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sibbaldie, […]. Ce genre , qui est figuré pl. 221 des Illustrations de Lamarck, renferme des herbes à feuilles ternées, à folioles simples, dentées et découpées; à fleurs axillaires et terminales, quelquefois décagynes.
Les folioles de l'artichaut.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.