folder

== English == === Etymology === From fold +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊɫdɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfəʊldə/ Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ) === Noun === folder (plural folders) An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet. (computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related. Synonym: directory A machine or person that folds things. A folding knife, typically a pocketknife. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === forled, refold, rolfed == Chinese == === Etymology === From English folder. === Pronunciation === === Noun === folder (Hong Kong Cantonese) folder; organizer (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) folder === References === Bauer, Robert S. (2021), ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 284 == Danish == === Noun === folder c pl indefinite plural of folde === Verb === folder present tense of folde == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English folder. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fol‧der Rhymes: -ɔldər === Noun === folder m (plural folders, diminutive foldertje n) (folded) leaflet with information or advertising ==== Derived terms ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === From English folder. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈfoldər/ [ˈfol.dər] Syllabification: fol‧der === Noun === foldêr (plural folder-folder) (computing) folder (a virtual container in a computer's file system) Synonym: direktori folder (an organizer that papers are kept in) Synonym: map === Further reading === “folder”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Manx == === Noun === folder m (genitive singular folder, plural folderyn) alternative spelling of foldyr == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === folder present of folde == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English folder. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔl.dɛr/ Rhymes: -ɔldɛr Syllabification: fol‧der === Noun === folder m inan (computing) folder Synonym: katalog brochure ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === folder in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN folder in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === fôlder === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English folder. === Pronunciation === === Noun === folder m (plural folders or folderes) (Brazil) leaflet (small piece of paper with information) Synonym: panfleto === Further reading === “fôlder”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English folder. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fǒlder/ === Noun === folder ? (Cyrillic spelling фолдер) (computing, colloquial) folder Synonyms: fascikl, mapa === Further reading === “folder”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 “folder”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English folder. According to SO attested since 1948. === Noun === folder c A folded leaflet. Synonym: broschyr (computing, nonstandard) synonym of mapp (“folder”) === References === folder in Svensk ordbok (SO) == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === polder === Etymology === Borrowed from English folder. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈfoldeɾ/ [ˈfol.d̪ɛɾ] IPA(key): (with nativization) /ˈpoldeɾ/ [ˈpol.d̪ɛɾ] Rhymes: -oldeɾ Syllabification: fol‧der === Noun === folder (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔) folder (organizer that papers are kept in) Synonym: karpeta === Further reading === “folder”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “folder”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018