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Science Fair Project Dictionary
Leaf
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)
- The (usually green) part of a plant that absorbs carbon dioxide from the air in order to create food for the plant by photosynthesis .
- Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
- A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
- (in plural leaves) Tea leaves.
- A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
Related terms
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
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- 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)
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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
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- 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)
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tea leaves
See tea leaves
flat section used to extend a table
- German: Platte f, Platten pl
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- Portuguese: aba f
- Spanish: tablero m
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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
- To look through a book without taking the words or story in.
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