"foyle" meaning in All languages combined

See foyle on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: foyles [present, singular, third-person], foyling [participle, present], foyled [participle, past], foyled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} foyle (third-person singular simple present foyles, present participle foyling, simple past and past participle foyled)
  1. Obsolete spelling of foil Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: foil
    Sense id: en-foyle-en-verb-ki3bh0A0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈfui̯l(ə)/, /fyːl/ [Northern], /ˈfyːʎə/ [Northern] Forms: foyles [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French fueille, feuille, from Old French fueille, from Late Latin folia, originally the plural of folium. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|enm|frm|fueille|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French fueille, {{bor+|enm|frm|fueille}} Borrowed from Middle French fueille, {{m|frm|feuille}} feuille, {{der|enm|fro|fueille}} Old French fueille, {{der|enm|LL.|folia}} Late Latin folia, {{m|la|folium}} folium Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} foyle, {{enm-noun}} foyle (plural foyles)
  1. (cooking or literary) A leaf (organ of a plant). Tags: literary Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-foyle-enm-noun-CQBYs8YZ Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  2. (cooking) A sheet of thin pastry. Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-foyle-enm-noun-cJjCNEaW Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  3. (metallurgy) Foil (thinly beat metal) Categories (topical): Metallurgy, Botany
    Sense id: en-foyle-enm-noun-lwdHqhZZ Disambiguation of Botany: 31 11 40 18 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 33 3 3 53 8 Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (rare) A thin piece or flake. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-foyle-enm-noun-BK-a0wOb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ffoyl, foil, foile, foille, foylle, fule

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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