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folden

/fˈoʊldən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fold-en
IPA
/fˈoʊldən/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of fold

Obsolete

name

A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English folden, yfolden, From Old English fealden, ġefealden, from Proto-Germanic *faldanaz, past participle of *falþaną (“to fold”), equivalent to fold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gevouwen, German gefalten.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Foldens (plural)

Rhymes With

golden holden olden beholden bolden embolden roldan colden boldon molden soldan moulden

Questions

How do you pronounce folden?
The recorded pronunciation is /fˈoʊldən/.
What does folden mean?
past participle of fold
Where does folden come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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