folder

From fold +‎ -er.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊɫdɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊldə/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)

folder (plural folders)

A typical icon of a folder (2)

1. An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.

   I keep all my schoolwork in a yellow folder.

2. (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

   My essays are in the folder named "Essays".

3. A machine or person that folds things.
4. A folding knife, typically a pocketknife.
   • 2010 August 20, Joe Kertzman, Knives 2011: The World's Greatest Knife Book, F+W Media, Inc., →ISBN:

     A funny name for a knife, the Needs Work folder is purpose-built as a working folder, and includes a straight, plain-edge, modified-wharncliffe blade, and a comfortable, ergonomic handle.

• forled, refold, rolfed

From English folder.

folder

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) folder; organizer
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) folder

• Bauer, Robert S. (2021) ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 284

folder c pl

1. indefinite plural of folde

folder

1. present tense of folde

Borrowed from English folder.

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fol‧der
• Rhymes: -ɔldər

folder m (plural folders, diminutive foldertje n)

1. (folded) leaflet with information or advertising

From English folder.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔldər/
• Hyphenation: fol‧dêr

foldêr (first-person possessive folderku, second-person possessive foldermu, third-person possessive foldernya)

1. folder
   1. (computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored.

      Synonym: direktori

   2. An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.

      Synonym: map

• “folder” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

folder

1. present of folde

Borrowed from English folder.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl.dɛr/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔldɛr
• Syllabification: fol‧der

folder m inan

1. (computing) folder

   Synonym: katalog

2. brochure

• folder in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• folder in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• fôlder

Unadapted borrowing from English folder.

folder m (plural folders or (rare) folderes)

1. (Brazil) leaflet (small piece of paper with information)

   Synonym: panfleto

Borrowed from English folder.

folder ? (Cyrillic spelling фолдер)

1. (computing, colloquial) folder

   Synonyms: fascikl, mapa

Unadapted borrowing from English folder. According to SO attested since 1948.

folder c

1. A folded leaflet.
2. (computing, nonstandard) Synonym of mapp (“folder”).

• folder in Svensk ordbok (SO)