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foglio

sheet (of paper); leaf

noun FOH-lyoh Less Common
Communication Writing

Origin: From Latin folium (leaf).

Usage Note

Foglio is masculine; the plural is fogli. It refers primarily to a sheet of paper (un foglio A4) but can also mean a leaf of a plant in literary or botanical language. Foglio is distinct from pagina (a numbered page in a book) and carta (paper as material). The expression foglio di via is an official order to leave a place — a bureaucratic term.

Examples

"Prendi un foglio e scrivi il tuo nome."

Natural Translation

Take a sheet of paper and write your name.

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