foglia

See also: Foglia and föglia

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin folia, from the plural of Latin folium (“leaf”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʎ.ʎa/
• Rhymes: -ɔʎʎa
• Hyphenation: fò‧glia

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Noun

foglia f (plural foglie)

1. leaf

Related terms

• foglio
• mangiare la foglia
• sfogliare

Descendants

• Ottoman Turkish: فویا (foya)

Further reading

• foglia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• aglifo