Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

first folio

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables: first -fo-lio
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The 1623 published collection of William Shakespeare's plays. The first such collection printed in folio format.

Inflected Forms

first folios (plural)

Questions

What does first folio mean?: The 1623 published collection of William Shakespeare's plays. The first such collection printed in folio format.

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