folder

English Online Dictionary. What means folder‎? What does folder mean?

English

Etymology

From fold +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊɫdɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊldə/
• Rhymes: -əʊldə(ɹ)

Noun

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.

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

3. A machine or person that folds things.
4. A folding knife, typically a pocketknife.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Anagrams

• forled, refold, rolfed

Chinese

Etymology

From English folder.

Pronunciation

Noun

folder

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

1. indefinite plural of folde

Verb

folder

1. present tense of folde

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English folder.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fol‧der
• Rhymes: -ɔldər

Noun

folder m (plural folders, diminutive foldertje n)

1. (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)

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

Further reading

• “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.

Manx

Noun

folder m (genitive singular folder, plural folderyn)

1. Alternative spelling of foldyr

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

folder

1. present of folde

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English folder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl.dɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɔldɛr
• Syllabification: fol‧der

Noun

folder m inan

1. (computing) folder

   Synonym: katalog

2. 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)

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

   Synonym: panfleto

Further reading

• “fôlder”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English folder.

Noun

folder ? (Cyrillic spelling фолдер)

1. (computing, colloquial) folder

   Synonyms: fascikl, mapa

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

folder c

1. A folded leaflet.

   Synonym: broschyr
2. (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): (more native-sounding) /ˈpoldeɾ/ [ˈpol.d̪ɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -oldeɾ
• Syllabification: fol‧der

Noun

folder (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔)

1. folder (organizer that papers are kept in)

   Synonym: karpeta

Further reading

• “folder”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “folder”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018