Foil

//fɔɪl//

Synonyms for "foil" (362 found)

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Closest matches (73)

Verb(33 words)

queer spoil thwart contaminate soil stain assoil baffle ball up beclart bedaub bedirty bedizen befile befilth befoul begrime beray beshit besmear

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besmirch besully bewray bilk blacken blight blot blur botch bugger up bumble bungle clat

thwart actor actress aluminium foil antagonist antipode antipodes antipole antithesis antonym avert background background detail bad guy baffle bafflement balk balking barnstormer beat

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bilbo bilk blast brave break broadsword buffalo cast down challenge character character actor character man character woman check checkmate child actor circumvent claymore

Noun(2 words)

airfoil aluminium foil

Strong matches (108)

coat coating collop confound confounding confront confusion conquer contra contrary contravene converse counter counteract counterbalance countercheck countermand counterpoint counterpoise counterpole

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Verb(18 words)

cook someone's goose corrupt crab cross darken defile deprave dirten dirty disrupt disturb elt file foul frustrate fuck up gunk gunk up

Noun(1 words)

enhancer

Related words (181)

hydrofoil impede ingenue interfere inverse juvenile knock the chocks lamella lamina laminated glass laminated wood lamination lap layer leaf let down matinee idol membrane militate mime

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mimer mimic mirror image monologist motif mummer national style nonplus nullify obverse offset oppose opposite opposite number ornamental motif other side outfigure outflank outgeneral outguess outmaneuver outplay outreach outsmart outwit overreach pane panel pantomime pantomimist parry pass the buck patina pattern peel pellicle period style perplex plait plank plate plating playactor player ply plywood prevent prohibit protean actor pull a fast one put kibosh on puzzle rapier rasher rattle rebuff reciter repeated figure repulse resist restrain reversal reverse roscius rout ruin saber sabotage safety glass scale scimitar scotch scum setback setoff setting sheet skin slab slat slice soubrette spike spoil spoor stage performer stage player stand in the way stay stonewall stooge straight man stroller strolling player stump style stymie sword table tablet tantalize tease the contrary the other side theatrical theme thespian thwarting touch trouper tuck undermine upset utility man veneer victimize villain vis-a-vis wafer ward

Noun(6 words)

hydrofoil silver foil silver paper spoor tin foil transparency

Verb(35 words)

inquinate jack up mar mess up mishandle mommick pollute put a crimp in put the kibosh on ruin scotch screw up scunge scupper sling mud slotter slur smear smirch smudge

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smut smutch soss sour sowl spot sullow sully tarnish turn upside down uggle undo upset upset the applecart vitiate

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

16 entries

attention contrast counterpoint cover device fencing sword forbid foreclose forestall icon ikon image picture preclude prevent sheet metal

Synonyms

5 entries

aluminium foil hydrofoil put kibosh on spoor thwart

Related terms

3 entries

multifoil polyfoil trefoil

derived

31 entries

F50 aluminum foil biofoil blisterfoil bow foil cephalofoil cinquefoil counterfoil dufoil featherfoil foil razor foil shaver foil stone foilable foilboard foiler

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

file

has context

5 entries

authorship fencing heraldiccharge hunting mathematics

is a

11 entries

attention fencing sword flexible thing free sheet ikon metal sheet sheet metal sports equipment sword user guided device

manner of

2 entries

contrast cover

related to

54 entries

accomplished aerofoil airfoil algorithm aluminium aluminium sheet aluminum aluminum cover aluminum covering aluminum sheets aluminum wrapping animal answer antagonist binomial binomials

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Translations

143 translations across 44 languages.

Arabic

3 entries

أحبط verb (prevent from being accomplished)
أفشل verb (prevent from being accomplished)
فَشَّلَ verb (prevent from being accomplished)

Armenian

4 entries

նրբաթիթեղ noun (thin sheet of metal)
փայլաթիթեղ noun (thin sheet of metal)
ֆոլգա noun (thin sheet of metal)
ֆոլգա noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)

Assamese

1 entries

ৰাংপতা noun (thin sheet of metal)

Belarusian

1 entries

фо́льга noun (thin sheet of metal)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вара́к noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)
рапи́ра noun (type of sword used in fencing)
станио́л noun (thin sheet of metal)
станио́л noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)

Catalan

4 entries

comparsa noun (character who helps emphasise the traits of the main character)
floret noun (type of sword used in fencing)
full noun (thin sheet of metal)
paper d'alumini noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

箔 noun (thin sheet of metal)
花劍 /花剑 noun (type of sword used in fencing)
阻止 verb (prevent from being accomplished)

Czech

2 entries

fleret noun (type of sword used in fencing)
fólie noun (thin sheet of metal)

Danish

4 entries

baggrund noun (anything that acts to emphasise the characteristics of something)
fleuret noun (type of sword used in fencing)
folie noun (thin sheet of metal)
folie noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)

Dutch

4 entries

Aluminiumfolie noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)
contrastfiguur noun (character who helps emphasise the traits of the main character)
floret noun (type of sword used in fencing)
folie noun (thin sheet of metal)

Esperanto

1 entries

skerma glavo noun (type of sword used in fencing)

Finnish

4 entries

floretti noun (type of sword used in fencing)
folio noun (thin sheet of metal)
folio noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)
folio noun (thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant)

French

4 entries

alu noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)
faire-valoir noun (character who helps emphasise the traits of the main character)
feuille de métal noun (thin sheet of metal)
fleuret noun (type of sword used in fencing)

Georgian

1 entries

ფოლგა noun (thin sheet of metal)

German

4 entries

Aluminiumfolie noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)
Florett noun (type of sword used in fencing)
Folie noun (thin sheet of metal)
Kontrastfigur noun (character who helps emphasise the traits of the main character)

Greek

4 entries

έλασμα noun (thin sheet of metal)
αλουμινόχαρτο noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)
ελαφρύ ξίφος ξιφασκίας noun (type of sword used in fencing)
ματαιώνω verb (prevent from being accomplished)

Hebrew

1 entries

מנע verb (prevent from being accomplished)

Hindi

1 entries

डाक noun (thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant)

Hungarian

2 entries

tőr noun (type of sword used in fencing)
meghiúsít verb (prevent from being accomplished)

Irish

1 entries

pionsa maol noun (type of sword used in fencing)

Italian

4 entries

carta stagnola noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)
fioretto noun (type of sword used in fencing)
lamella noun (thin sheet of metal)
lamina noun (thin sheet of metal)

Japanese

4 entries

フォイル noun (thin sheet of metal)
フルーレ noun (type of sword used in fencing)
ホイル noun (thin sheet of metal)
箔 noun (thin sheet of metal)

Kapampangan

1 entries

palara noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)

Korean

3 entries

포일 noun (thin sheet of metal)
플뢰레 noun (type of sword used in fencing)
호일 noun (thin sheet of metal)

Latin

2 entries

bractea noun (thin sheet of metal)
rudis noun (type of sword used in fencing)

Lithuanian

4 entries

folija noun (thin sheet of metal)
folija noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)
folija noun (thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant)
rapyra noun (type of sword used in fencing)

Macedonian

2 entries

флоре́т noun (type of sword used in fencing)
спре́чи verb (prevent from being accomplished)

Manx

1 entries

cliwe crammanagh noun (type of sword used in fencing)

Middle English

1 entries

foyle noun (thin sheet of metal)

Māori

2 entries

raukonu noun (thin sheet of metal)
whakahēhē verb (prevent from being accomplished)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

folie noun (thin sheet of metal)
folie noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

folie noun (thin sheet of metal)
folie noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)

Persian

1 entries

فویل noun (thin sheet of metal)

Polish

4 entries

floret noun (type of sword used in fencing)
folia noun (thin sheet of metal)
folia noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)
udaremniać verb (prevent from being accomplished)

Portuguese

4 entries

florete noun (type of sword used in fencing)
folha noun (thin sheet of metal)
papel-alumínio noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)
frustrar verb (prevent from being accomplished)

Romanian

2 entries

floretă noun (type of sword used in fencing)
foiță noun (thin sheet of metal)

Russian

4 entries

рапи́ра noun (type of sword used in fencing)
станио́ль noun (thin sheet of metal)
фольга́ noun (thin sheet of metal)
фольга́ noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)

Spanish

4 entries

complemento noun (anything that acts to emphasise the characteristics of something)
florete noun (type of sword used in fencing)
florete noun (character who helps emphasise the traits of the main character)
folio noun (thin sheet of metal)

Swedish

4 entries

aluminiumfolie noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)
florett noun (type of sword used in fencing)
folie noun (thin sheet of metal)
kullkasta verb (prevent from being accomplished)

Tagalog

1 entries

palara noun (thin aluminium/aluminum or tin used for wrapping food)

Thai

1 entries

ทำลาย verb (prevent from being accomplished)

Turkish

2 entries

flöre noun (type of sword used in fencing)
folyo noun (thin sheet of metal)

Ukrainian

1 entries

фо́льга noun (thin sheet of metal)

Welsh

1 entries

ffwyl noun (type of sword used in fencing)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Make balls 3 centimeters in diameter and place them on a sheet of buttered aluminum foil.

Source: tatoeba (453638)

I finished off one half of the pizza and wrapped the other half in aluminum foil and put it in the fridge.

Source: tatoeba (2609442)

Let's practice foil fencing.

Source: tatoeba (2887821)

Let's practice with the foil.

Source: tatoeba (2887824)

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