"flyleaf" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈflaɪˌlif/ Audio: En-us-flyleaf.ogg [US] Forms: flyleafs [plural], flyleaves [plural]
Etymology: fly + leaf Etymology templates: {{af|en|fly|leaf}} fly + leaf Head templates: {{en-noun|s|flyleaves}} flyleaf (plural flyleafs or flyleaves)
  1. A blank leaf at the front or back of a book. Categories (topical): Books
    Sense id: en-flyleaf-en-noun-Cl5UWytL
  2. A blank leaf at the front or back of a book.
    Especially, the free portion of an endpaper.
    Categories (topical): Books
    Sense id: en-flyleaf-en-noun-QweLdBOV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (blank page at the front or back of a book): pàgina de respecte [feminine] (Catalan), 扉頁 (Chinese Mandarin), 扉页 (fēiyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 襯頁 (Chinese Mandarin), 衬页 (chènyè) (Chinese Mandarin), schutblad [neuter] (Dutch), tyhjä sivu (Finnish), page de garde [feminine] (French), Vorsatz [masculine] (German), Vorsatzblatt [neuter] (German), דף מגן [masculine] (Hebrew), saurblað [neuter] (Icelandic), 遊び紙 (asobigami) (alt: あそびがみ) (Japanese), guarda [feminine] (Portuguese), форза́ц (forzác) [masculine] (Russian), фо́рзац (fórzac) [masculine] (Russian), guarda [feminine] (Spanish), försätts (Swedish), försättsblad (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'blank page at the front or back of a book': 50 50

Inflected forms

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