wikipedia|dab=leaf (disambiguation)|leaf
English

Etymology
Image:Leaf 1 web.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|A leaf.
From OE. #Old English|l�af proto|Germanic|laubaz proto|Indo-European|leup-|to peel, break off

Pronunciation
AHD|l�f, IPA|/li�f/, SAMPA|/li:f/
audio|en-us-leaf.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|i�f

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|leaves

1. An organ of a plant typically divided into a flattened portion (the blade) and a narrow stalk (the petiole) and serving as the principal site of photosynthesis and transpiration.
2. Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
3. A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.

#:gold leaf

1. A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
2. (in plural leaves) tea leaf|Tea leaves.
3. A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
4. context|computing|mathematics In a tree, a node that has no descendants.

Derived terms
rel-top4|Terms derived from the noun leaf
alderleaf Juneberry
almond tree leaf skeletoniser moth, almond tree leaf skeletonizer moth
aluminium leaf, aluminum leaf
angle leaf
apple bud and leaf mite
arrowleaf groundsel
arrowleaf Sida
ash-leaf
auxiliary leaf
avocado leaf
banana leaf
baroclinic leaf
bay leaf, bay-leaf
beet leaf aphid
beleaf
belladona leaf
betel leaf
bible leaf
big-leaf maple
bigleaf hydrangea
bigleaf magnolia
bitter leaf, bitter-leaf, bitterleaf
black currant leaf midge
bloodleaf
blunt-leaf heath
branch-leaf
brass leaf
broad-leaf, broadleaf
bronze leaf
bumleaf
California single-leaf pinyon
cedar leaf oil
cereal leaf aphid
Chinese leaf
clover-leaf, cloverleaf<!--an arrangement of roads-->
cold leaf
come into leaf
compound leaf
copper-leaf, copperleaf
cord-leaf
corn leaf aphid, corn-leaf aphid
corn leaf aphid
crinkle leaf
curleyleaf pondweed
curl-leaf
curry leaf, curry-leaf, curry-leaf tree
cutleaf, cutleaf coneflower
cutleaf groundcherry
daisyleaf grape fern
diamond-leaf laurel
digitalis leaf
dining leaf
disleaf, disleave
double leaf, double-leaf
w:Double Leaf Society|Double Leaf Society
drop-leaf table
Dutch leaf
earleaf nightshade
end leaf, end-leaf, endleaf
facsimile leaf
fall of the leaf
fanleaf
fig-leaf
fine leaf jam
five-leaf, five-leaf grass
five-leafed
flannel-leaf
flat-leaf parsley
floral leaf
flyleaf
Florence leaf
fly-leaf
foliage leaf
foliation leaf
four-leaf
four-lined leaf bug
glaucous-leaf oak
global Nagano leaf
golden leaf tree
gold leaf
grandleaf seagrape
grape-leaf begonia
gray-leaf pine, grey-leaf pine
green leaf lettuce
halberd-leaf rosemallow
hawkweed-leaf saxifrage, hawkweed-leaved saxifrage
heart-leaf
hollow leaf
holly-leaf cherry, holly-leaved cherry
in full leaf
in leaf
interleaf
interleave<!--sic: from "inter-" and "leaf"-->
in the leaf
ivy-leaf
Japanese bigleaf magnolia
Japanese leaf
jellyleaf
lace-leaf, laceleaf, lace-leaf plant
Lamotte's roundleaf bat
lantern leaves
largeleaf avens
largeleaf holly
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largeleaf waterleaf
latticeleaf, lattice leaf plant
laurel-leaf blade, laurel-leaf point
leafage
leaf alcohol
leaf aldehyde
leaf area duration
leaf-area index
leaf-arrowhead
leaf axil
leaf-base
leaf-bearing
leaf-beaten
leaf-bed
leaf beet
leaf beetle, leaf-beetle
leafbird
leaf-birth
leaf blade
leaf blight
leaf blister
leaf blotch
leaf blower, leaf-blower
leaf-book
leaf-brass
leaf bridge, leaf-bridge
leaf brown
leaf bud, leaf-bud, leafbud
leaf bug
leaf-bundle
leaf butterfly, leaf-butterfly
leaf-bug
leaf cactus
leaf-canopy
leaf cast
leafcasting
leaf chafer
leaf class
leaf-climber
leaf-climbing
leaf coral
leaf crumpler, leaf-crumpler
leafcup
leaf curl, leaf-curl
leaf curling plum aphid
leaf-cushion
leaf-cut
leaf cutter, leaf-cutter
leaf-cutting<!--adjective, noun-->
leaf-cycle
leaf deer
leaf disease
leaf-disk test
leafdom
leaf door
leaf-drift
leaf-eared
leafed
leafen gold
leafery
leafet
leaf-fall
leaf fat, leaf-fat
leaf-feeder
leaf-finch
leaffish
leaf flea, leaf-flea
leafflower
leaf-folder
leaf-foot bug, leaf-footed bug
leaf-footed
leaf form
leaf frog, leaf-frog
leaf gap, leaf-gap
leaf-gate
leaf gelatine
leaf-gilding
leaf-gold
leaf green, leaf-green
leaf hopper, leaf-hopper, leafhopper
leaf-house
leaf-hut
leaf index
leafing
leaf initial
leaf insect, leaf-insect
<!--"leafiness" is derived from "leafy"-->
leafit
leaf-joy
leaf lard, leaf-lard
leafless
leaflet
leaf lettuce
leaf-lichen
leaf-like, leaflike
leaf litter
leaf louse, leaf-louse
leaf-mass
leafmeal
leaf metal, leaf-metal
leaf miner, leaf-miner
leaf-mining caterpillar
leaf-monkey
leaf mold, leaf-mold, leaf mould, leaf-mould
leaf monkey
leaf-mosaic
<!--"leaf-mould" is listed with "leaf-mold" above-->
leaf muntjac
leaf mustard
leaf nematode
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leaf-netting
leaf node
leaf-nosed
leaf notcher
leaf of heddles
leaf-opposed
w:Leafpad|Leafpad
leaf peeper, leaf-peeper
leaf peeping, leaf-peeping
leaf-plant
leaf-plate, leaf-platter
leaf primordium
leaf protein
leaf-red
leaf roll, leaf-roll
leaf roller, leaf-roller
leaf-rolling
leaf-rosette
leaf rust, leaf-rust
leaf scald
leaf-scale
leaf scar, leaf-scar
leaf scorch
leaf sewer
leaf shape
leaf-shaped
leaf sheath, leaf-sheath
leaf-shedding
leaf shelter
leaf shutter
leaf-sickness
leaf sight, leaf-sight
leaf-silver
leaf site
leaf-skin
leaf smut
leaf soil, leaf-soil
leaf-spine
leaf spot, leaf-spot
leaf spring, leaf-spring
leaf stalk, leaf-stalk, leafstalk
leaf-table
leaf-tailed
leaf tea
leaf-teeth
leaf-tendril
leaf-thorn
leaf tier
leaf-tin
leaf tobacco
leaf-toed gecko
leaf topology
leaf trace, leaf-trace
leaf-turner
leaf turtle
leaf tyer
leaf valve
leaf-valve
leaf vegetable
leaf warbler, leaf-warbler
leaf wasp, leaf-wasp
leaf-work
leaf-worm
leafy
leather leaf, leatherleaf
leave<!--verb: to produce leaves-->
leaved
leaveless<!--sic-->
leavish<!--sic-->
leavy<!--sic-->
linkleaf cactus
lion's leaf
little leaf, littleleaf disease
little-leaf fig
little-leaf linden
littleleaf snowberry
liver-leaf, liverleaf
local Nagano leaf
long-leafed pine, long-leaf pine, longleaf pine, long-leaved pine
loose-leaf
lotus leaf wrap
love leaf
Lucerne leafweevil
Malabar leaf
Malayan roundleaf bat
maple leaf, maple-leaf<!--symbol of Canada-->
maximum leaf spanning tree
metal leaf
Mexican flame leaf, Mexican flameleaf
mid-leaf
multileaf collimator
myriad-leaf
narrow-leaf cattail
narrowleaf hawkweed
narrow-leaf penstemon
needle-leaf tree
netleaf hackberry
nettleleaf goosefoot, nettle-leaved goosefoot
northern corn-leaf blight, northern leaf blight
nose leaf, nose-leaf
Novikov closed leaf theorem
oak leaf, oakleaf
oblongleaf Juneberry
one-leaf
orange-leaf
rel-mid4
orbiculate leaf
oriental leaf
overleaf
painted leaf
painted-leaf begonia
paint leaf
palladium leaf
palm-leaf
patch-leaf
peach leaf curl
peachleaf willow
pear leaf blister mite
pear leaf blister moth
pear leaf-curling midge, pear leaf midge
pine leaf aphid
pine leaf scale
platinum leaf
pointed-leaf maple
potato leaf roll virus, potato leafroll virus
preliminary leaf
primary leaf
purple-faced leaf monkey
quarto leaf
raffle leaf
ragleaf
red leaf
red leaf lettuce
redleaf rose
red raspberry leaf
root leaf, root-leaf
rose-leaf
rough leaf
roundleaf plantain
roundleaf snowberry
sacred pepper leaf
satanic leaf-tailed gecko
satin leaf, satinleaf
saw-leaf herb
scale leaf
seed leaf, seed-leaf
seminal leaf
shake like a leaf
shin leaf, shin-leaf, shinleaf
short-leaf pine, shortleaf pine, shortleaf yellow pine
silver leaf, silver-leaf
silverleaf nightshade
silver leaf tree
silverleaf whitefly
single-leaf, single-leaf pine, single-leaf pinyon
skeleton leaf
sleek-leaf
southern leaf-tailed gecko
spade leaf
specific leaf area
spiny-leaf podocarp
split-leaf philodendron
spoon-leafed sundew
spoonleaf yucca
starleaf
star-leaf begonia
stem-and-leaf plot
stem leaf
stiff-leaf
strawberry leaf<!--obsolete: the strawberry plant-->
strip-leaf
sugarleaf
Sumatra leaf
sweet leaf, sweetleaf
symplectic leaf<!--mathematics term-->
take a leaf out of someone's book
tansy leaf aster
tea leaf, tea-leaf, tealeaf
tendu leaf
threadleaf groundsel
three-leaf
thoroughleaf
title leaf
tooling leaf
triple nose-leaf bat
true leaf
trumpet-leaf
turn down a leaf
turn over a new leaf
turn over the next leaf
turn the leaf
twill of four leaves
twill of three leaves
twinleaf, twin-leaf
twinleaf onion
two-leaf
umbrella leaf
underleaf
unit leaf rate
unleaf, unleave
velvet-leaf, velvetleaf
venous leaf
vine-leaf
walking leaf, walking-leaf
water leaf, water-leaf
waterleaf<!--different word from "water leaf"-->
waxleaf privet
way of the leaf
willowleaf pear
willow-leaf point
windowleaf
yellow-leaf sickle pine
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Slovene: t+|sl|list|m
Spanish: t+|es|hoja|f
Swahili: jani, majani pl (noun 5/6), msahafu, misahafu pl (noun 3/4)
Swedish: t+|sv|löv|n, t+|sv|blad|n
Tagalog: dahon
Tamazight: �ⴼⴻ� (ifer) m
Telugu: ��� (aaku)
Thai: THchar|�� (bai), THchar|���ม� (bai m��i)
Turkish: t+|tr|yaprak
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trans-top|anything resembling the leaf of a plant
Dutch: t+|nl|blad|n
trans-mid
Telugu: ��� (aaku)
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trans-top|sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin
French: t+|fr|feuille|f
trans-mid
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Slovene: t+|sl|list|m
Spanish: t+|es|hoja|f
Swahili: gombo, magombo pl (noun 5/6), ukurasa, kurasa pl (noun 11/10)
Swedish: t+|sv|blad|n
Thai: THchar|�� (bai)
Telugu: పత�ర� (patram)
Turkish: t+|tr|yaprak
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trans-top|tea leaves
See tea leaf|tea leaves
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trans-top|flat section used to extend a table
Dutch: t+|nl|blad|n, t+|nl|plaat|f
German: t+|de|Platte|f
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|aba|f
Spanish: t-|es|tablero|m
Swedish: t-|sv|klaff|c, t-|sv|skiva|c
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trans-top|computing, mathematics: a tree node without descendants
Dutch: t+|nl|blad|n
German: t+|de|Blatt|n
trans-mid
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;to be checked
ttbc|French: abattant m

Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

<!--Moved to "leaf through": # To look through a book without taking the words or story in; to turn pages.-->

Derived terms
rel-top|Terms derived from the verb to leaf
leafing<!--adjective, noun-->
rel-mid
leaf through
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Translations
trans-top|to produce leaves
Dutch: t|nl|bladeren t+|nl|krijgen
trans-mid
Slovene: olistati se
Swedish: t-|sv|lövas, t-|sv|spricka ut
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Slovene: t-|sl|listati
Spanish: t-|es|hojear
Swedish: t-|sv|bläddra i
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-->

See also
foliage
frond
needle

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals

Frisian

Noun
leaf

1. leaves
2. foliage
3. kind

Category:Frisian nouns

Old English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�læ:�f/

Etymology 1
From proto|Germanic|lau��. Cognate with Old High German *louba (German Laube).

Noun
Latinx|l�af f (plural Latinx|leafe|l�afe)

1. permission

Descendants
English: leave

Etymology 2
From proto|Germanic|lau�o-, perhaps from proto|Indo-European|leup-|to peel, break off. Cognate with Old Saxon lof|l�f (Dutch loof), Old High German loup (German Laub), Old Norse lauf (Swedish löf), Gothic �����.

Noun
Latinx|l�af n

1. #English|leaf
2. page

Descendants
English: #English|leaf

Category:Old English nouns
Category:ang:Germanic derivations

Scots

Etymology
From OE.|sco l�af.

Noun
sco-noun

1. #English|leaf

ang:leaf
ar:leaf
zh-min-nan:leaf
de:leaf
el:leaf
es:leaf
fa:leaf
fr:leaf
fy:leaf
hy:leaf
hr:leaf
io:leaf
id:leaf
it:leaf
kk:leaf
ky:leaf
hu:leaf
ja:leaf
pl:leaf
pt:leaf
ro:leaf
ru:leaf
simple:leaf
fi:leaf
ta:leaf
te:leaf
vi:leaf
tr:leaf
zh:leaf

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