/
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’.