Leaf

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1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb

English

Etymology

From Middle English leef < Old English lēaf (plant leaf, page of a book) < Proto-Germanic *laubaz , perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leup- (to peel or break off).

Noun

leaf (plural leaves)

1. The (usually green) part of a plant that absorbs carbon dioxide from the air in order to create food for the plant by photosynthesis .
2. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
3. A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
4. (in plural leaves) Tea leaves.
5. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.

Related terms

• leaf node
• leaf spring
• leaf tea
• leaf through
• leafy
• tea leaf

Translations

part of a plant

Arabic: وَرَقَةٌ (wáraqa) f, أوْرَاق (’auráːq) pl Bulgarian: лист (list) m Chinese character: 葉 (yè) Chinese: 叶 (yè), 叶子 (yèzi) Chumash (Inezeño): qap Czech: list m Dutch: blad n Finnish: lehti French: feuille f German: Blatt n, Blätter pl Greek: φύλλον (fýllon) n Hebrew: עלה (a'leh) m Hungarian: levél , falevél Indonesian: daun Italian: foglia f

Japanese: 葉 (は, ha), 葉っぱ (はっぱ , happá) Korean: 잎 (ip) Lakota: wahpe , ape Latin: folium n, frons f Ojibwe: aniibiishibag sg, aniibiishibagoon pl, aniibiish sg, aniibiishan pl Polish: liść m Portuguese: folha f Russian: лист (list) m, листья (líst'ja) pl Slovene: list m Spanish: hoja f Swahili: jani , majani pl (noun 5/6), msahafu , misahafu pl (noun 3/4) Swedish: löv n, blad n Tagalog: dahon Thai: ใบ (bai), ใบไม้ (bai māāi)

anything resembling the leaf of a plant

sheet of a book

Arabic: وَرَقَةٌ (wáraqa) f, أوْرَاق (’auráːq) pl Bulgarian: лист (list) m Czech: list m Finnish: lehti , sivu German: Blatt n, Blätter pl Greek: φύλλον (fýllon) n Hungarian: levél Italian: foglio m

Japanese: 一枚 (いちまい , ichí-maí) Korean: 안장 (han jang) Latin: scheda f, pagina f Polish: kartka f Portuguese: folha f Russian: лист (list) m, листы (listý) pl Slovene: list m Spanish: hoja f Swahili: gombo , magombo pl (noun 5/6), ukurasa , kurasa pl (noun 11/10) Thai: ใบ (bai)

tea leaves See tea leaves

flat section used to extend a table

German: Platte f, Platten pl

Portuguese: aba f Spanish: tablero m

The translations below might be out of synch with the definitions above. Would native speakers check these and insert them in the appropriate tables above, removing the numbers?

• Dutch: blad n (2,3)
• Swedish: löv n (2), blad n (2,3)
• Tagalog: dahon
• Japanese: 犬の

Verb

1. To look through a book without taking the words or story in.