Meanings
nounfolder (plural folders)
plural folders
- 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.
- computingA 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.
My essays are in the folder named "Schoolwork".
Synonyms: directory
- A machine or person that folds things.
- A folding knife, typically a folding pocketknife.
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.
2010 August 20, Joe Kertzman, Knives 2011: The World's Greatest Knife Book, F+W Media, Inc., →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
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Origin
Translations
Afrikaans lêergids, vouer
- lêergidsorganizer
- vouercontainer of computer files
Arabic مِلَفّ, مُجَلَّد
- مِلَفّ (milaff)organizer
- مُجَلَّد (mujallad)organizer
- ضُبَارَة (ḍubāra)organizer
- مُجَلَّد (mujallad)container of computer files
Bulgarian па́пка, директо́рия
- па́пка (pápka)organizer
- директо́рия (direktórija)container of computer files
Catalan carpeta, carpeta
- carpetaorganizer
- carpetacontainer of computer files
Chinese Mandarin 卷宗, 文件夾 /文件夹
- 卷宗 (juànzōng)organizer
- 文件夾 /文件夹 (wénjiànjiā)organizer
- 目錄 /目录 (mùlù)container of computer files
- 文件夾 /文件夹 (wénjiànjiā)container of computer files
Czech složka, adresář
- složkacontainer of computer files
- adresářcontainer of computer files
Danish mappe
- mappecontainer of computer files
Dutch hechtmap, map
- hechtmaporganizer
- maporganizer
- mapcontainer of computer files
Esperanto dosierujo
- dosierujocontainer of computer files
Estonian mapp, valtsija
- mapporganizer
- valtsijacontainer of computer files
Finnish kansio, kansio
- kansioorganizer
- kansiocontainer of computer files
French dossier, chemise
- dossierorganizer
- chemiseorganizer
- classeurorganizer
- dossiercontainer of computer files
- répertoirecontainer of computer files
- plieurperson who folds things
- plieuseperson who folds things
German Ordner, Mappe
- Ordnerorganizer
- Mappeorganizer
- Ordnercontainer of computer files
- Verzeichniscontainer of computer files
Greek φάκελος, φάκελος
- φάκελος (fákelos)organizer
- φάκελος (fákelos)container of computer files
Hebrew תִּיקִיָּה, תִּיקִיָּה
- תִּיקִיָּה (tikiyá)organizer
- תִּיקִיָּה (tikiyá)container of computer files
Hindi फ़ोल्डर
- फ़ोल्डर (folḍar)container of computer files
Hungarian iratgyűjtő, mappa
- iratgyűjtőorganizer
- mappacontainer of computer files
Icelandic mappa, mappa
- mappaorganizer
- mappacontainer of computer files
Indonesian map, folder
- maporganizer
- folderorganizer
- foldercontainer of computer files
- mapcontainer of computer files
Irish fillteán, fillteán
- fillteánorganizer
- fillteáncontainer of computer files
Italian cartella, fascicolo
- cartellaorganizer
- fascicoloorganizer
- cartellacontainer of computer files
Japanese フォルダ, フォルダ
- フォルダ (foruda)organizer
- フォルダ (foruda)container of computer files
- ディレクトリ (direkutori)container of computer files
Korean 서류철, 폴더
- 서류철 (seoryucheol)organizer
- 폴더 (poldeo)organizer
- 폴더 (poldeo)container of computer files
- 디렉토리 (direktori)container of computer files
Latin categoria, catēgoria
- categoriaorganizer
- catēgoriacontainer of computer files
Latvian mape, vāks
- mapeorganizer
- vāksorganizer
- mapecontainer of computer files
Lithuanian segtuvas, aplankas
- segtuvasorganizer
- aplankascontainer of computer files
Malay pelipat, pelipat
- pelipatorganizer
- pelipatcontainer of computer files
- pelipatperson who folds things
Māori kōpaki
- kōpakiorganizer
Norwegian Bokmål perm, mappe
- permorganizer
- mappecontainer of computer files
Persian دایرکتوری
- دایرکتوری (dâyrektori)container of computer files
Polish teczka, skoroszyt
- teczkaorganizer
- skoroszytorganizer
- folderorganizer
- foldercontainer of computer files
- katalogcontainer of computer files
- składaczperson who folds things
- składaczkaperson who folds things
Portuguese pasta, pasta
- pastaorganizer
- pastacontainer of computer files
- diretóriocontainer of computer files
- diretoriacontainer of computer files
- dobradorperson who folds things
Romanian dosar, folder
- dosarorganizer
- foldercontainer of computer files
- directorcontainer of computer files
Russian па́пка, скоросшива́тель
- па́пка (pápka)organizer
- скоросшива́тель (skorosšivátelʹ)organizer
- па́пка (pápka)container of computer files
- катало́г (katalóg)container of computer files
- директо́рия (direktórija)container of computer files
- фальцо́вщик (falʹcóvščik)person who folds things
- фальцо́вщица (falʹcóvščica)person who folds things
Scottish Gaelic pasgan
- pasgancontainer of computer files
Slovak priečinok, adresár
- priečinokcontainer of computer files
- adresárcontainer of computer files
Spanish carpeta, fólder
- carpetaorganizer
- fólderorganizer
- folderorganizer
- carpetacontainer of computer files
- dobladorperson who folds things
- dobladoraperson who folds things
Swahili folda
- foldaorganizer
Swedish pärm, mapp
- pärmorganizer
- mappcontainer of computer files
- katalogcontainer of computer files
Tagalog ipitan
- ipitanorganizer
Thai โฟลเดอร์
- โฟลเดอร์ (fool-də̂ə)container of computer files
Turkish klasör, klasör
- klasörorganizer
- klasörcontainer of computer files
- katlamacıperson who folds things
Ukrainian па́пка, швидкозшива́ч
- па́пка (pápka)organizer
- швидкозшива́ч (švydkozšyváč)organizer
- те́ка (téka)organizer
- те́чка (téčka)organizer
- па́пка (pápka)container of computer files
- катало́г (katalóh)container of computer files
- директо́рія (dyrektórija)container of computer files
- те́ка (téka)container of computer files
Urdu فولڈر
- فولڈر (folḍar)container of computer files
Vietnamese bìa hồ sơ, thư mục
- bìa hồ sơorganizer
- thư mụccontainer of computer files
Welsh ffolder, ffolder
- ffolderorganizer
- ffoldercontainer of computer files
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with folder
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Cite this entry
APA
folder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folder
MLA
“folder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folder. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “folder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folder.
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