/
ˈfəʊlɪəʊ/
n.
(pl. folios)
- a sheet of paper folded once to form two leaves (four pages) of a book.
▸a book made up of such sheets.
- an individual leaf of paper or parchment numbered on the recto or front side only.
▸the page number in a printed book.
Etymology
ME: from L., ablative of folium ‘leaf’, in med. L. used to mean ‘on leaf so-and-so’.