folder

From fold +‎ -er.

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

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)

folder (plural folders)

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 "Schoolwork".

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.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈfoldər/ [ˈfol.dər]
• Syllabification: fol‧der

foldêr (plural folder-folder)

1. (computing) folder (a virtual container in a computer's file system)

   Synonym: direktori

2. folder (an organizer that papers are kept in)

   Synonym: map

• “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

folder m (genitive singular folder, plural folderyn)

1. alternative spelling of foldyr

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^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “folder”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

• fôlder

Unadapted borrowing from English folder.

folder m (plural folders or folderes)

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

   Synonym: panfleto

• “fôlder”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026

Borrowed from English folder.

• IPA^(key): /fǒlder/

folder ? (Cyrillic spelling фолдер)

1. (computing, colloquial) folder

   Synonyms: fascikl, mapa

• “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

Unadapted borrowing from English folder.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoldeɾ/ [ˈfol̪.d̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -oldeɾ
• Syllabification: fol‧der

folder m (plural folders)

1. (Latin America) alternative form of fólder

• According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• “folder”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

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

folder c

1. A folded leaflet.

   Synonym: broschyr

   • 2020 July 6, Christian S Zetterdahl, “Folder uppmärksammar om våld i hemmet [Leaflet highlights domestic violence]”, in SVT Nyheter:

     Länstyrelsen tillsammans med Region Östergötland har tagit fram en folder med information om utsatthet i hemmet relaterat till covid-19.

     The County Administrative Board, together with Region Östergötland, has produced a leaflet with information on vulnerability in the home related to COVID-19.

2. (computing, nonstandard) synonym of mapp (“folder”)
   • 2023 March 6, “Jobba smartare – här är 10 finfina tillägg till Microsoft Office [Work smarter – here are 10 excellent add-ons for Microsoft Office]”, in Computer Sweden:

     Det här tillägget, som är gratis, vägleder dig genom förloppet i tre enkla steg. Du ombeds välja den folder där de raderade mejlen först fanns (Återskapa dokument eller Rensa).

     This add-on, which is free, guides you through the process in three simple steps. You are asked to select the folder where the deleted emails were originally located (Restore documents or Clean up).

• “folder”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

• polder

Borrowed from English folder.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈfoldeɾ/ [ˈfol.d̪ɛɾ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˈpoldeɾ/ [ˈpol.d̪ɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -oldeɾ
• Syllabification: fol‧der

folder (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔)

1. folder (organizer that papers are kept in)

   Synonym: karpeta

• “folder”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “folder”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018