foil
(Anglès)
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/fɔɪl/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle English foyle, from Middle French fueille, from Old French fueille (“plant leaf”), from Late Latin folia, the plural of folium, mistaken as a singular feminine. The literary sense is from the practice of backing a gem with metal foil to make it shine more brilliantly. Doublet of folio and folium, distantly also with phyllo and phyllon.
Related words
defraudar
trastornar
espasí
paper d'alumini
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