foil

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , the plural of , 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.

, distantly also with.

Noun

 * 1) A very thin sheet of metal.
 * 2)  Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
 * 3) A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
 * 4)  In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
 * 5)  Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
 * 6) * 1725-1726,, The Odyssey
 * Hector has also a foil to set regard
 * 1)  A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
 * 2) * 1784-1810,, History of Greece
 * Socrates contended with a foil against Demosthenes with a sword.
 * 1) A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See.
 * 2) A premium trading card with a glossy finish.
 * 3)  A stylized flower or leaf.
 * Socrates contended with a foil against Demosthenes with a sword.
 * 1) A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See.
 * 2) A premium trading card with a glossy finish.
 * 3)  A stylized flower or leaf.
 * 1)  A stylized flower or leaf.

Translations

 * Armenian:, ,
 * Assamese: ৰাংপতা
 * Belarusian: фо́льга
 * Bulgarian: фо́лио, станио́л
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ohkolevy
 * French: feuille de métal
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, フォイル, 金属裏張り,
 * Korean: 포일, 호일, 금속 보호 종이
 * Latin: bractea
 * Lithuanian: folija
 * Middle English: foyle
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: folie
 * Persian: فویل
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: lámina de metal,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: фо́льга


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: вара́к, станио́л
 * Catalan: paper d'alumini
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: Aluminiumfolie
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: carta stagnola
 * Kapampangan: palara
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian: folija
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: folie
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: palara


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: floret
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: fleuret
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ελαφρύ ξίφος ξιφασκίας
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: pionsa maol
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: フルーレ
 * Korean: 플뢰레
 * Latin: rudis
 * Lithuanian: rapyra
 * Macedonian: флоре́т
 * Manx: cliwe crammanagh
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: florete
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: ffwyl


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * Hindi:
 * Lithuanian: folija


 * Dutch: contrastfiguur
 * French:
 * German: Kontrastfigur
 * Italian:


 * Danish: baggrund

Verb

 * 1)  To cover or wrap with foil.

Etymology 2
From, from , ultimately from.

Verb

 * 1) To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
 * 2) To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
 * 3) To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
 * 4)  To tread underfoot; to trample.
 * 1) To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
 * 2)  To tread underfoot; to trample.
 * 1) To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
 * 2)  To tread underfoot; to trample.
 * 1) To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
 * 2)  To tread underfoot; to trample.
 * 1) To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
 * 2)  To tread underfoot; to trample.
 * 1)  To tread underfoot; to trample.

Translations

 * Arabic: فَشَّلَ, أحبط, أفشل
 * Armenian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:, forpurre
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, pilata suunnitelma
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: спре́чи
 * Maori: whakahēhē
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * 1) Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
 * 2) One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
 * 1) One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
 * 1) One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1)  The track of an animal.

Translations

 * Danish: fært, spor

Etymology 4
From mnemonic acronym.

Verb

 * 1)  To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:

Etymology 5
See.

Verb

 * 1)  To defile; to soil.

Noun

 * 1)  A small arc in the tracery of a window, etc.

Etymology
From. Compare, from the plural of folium,.

Noun

 * 1) leaf (green appendage of a plant which photosynthesizes)

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) ring, bracelet
 * "sga"
 * "sga"

- foil


 * 1) pigsty