leaflet

UK/ˈliːflɪt/US/ˈliːflɪt/

nounB1+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,770 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: leaflets

A leaflet is a printed sheet handed out to inform or advertise. Hand out leaflets, a leaflet through the door.

It is shorter than a pamphlet and informs rather than argues. A leaflet through every door is still the cheapest way to reach a whole street.

Definitions of leaflet

1nounleafletA printed sheet handed out to inform or advertise.B1+
“The leaflet gave the wrong date for the whole event.”

leaflet is a sheet.

Where it comes from

Middle English
lef
English
leaf
English, today
leaflet

Built from

*lewbʰ- · Proto-Indo-European — to cut off

From leaf + -let. leaf comes from Middle English lef. From Middle English lef, leef, from Old English lēaf, from Proto-West Germanic laub, from Proto-Germanic laubą (“leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European lowbʰ-o-m, from lewbʰ- (“to cut off”). 2

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

leaflet in the wild

A leaflet (occasionally called foliole) in botany is a leaf-like part of a compound leaf.
Leaflet (botany)
For example, a hemp plant has palmate compound leaves, as does the Lupinus sericeus which typically has 6-9 silky leaflets, whereas some species of Acacia have pinnate leaves.
Leaflet (botany)
Traditionally produced as a folded paper piece (e.g., pamphlet or leaflet), brochures may also be distributed in digital formats.
Brochure
Humanitarian air missions, in cooperation with leaflet propaganda, can turn the populace against their leadership while preparing them for the arrival of enemy combatants.
Airborne leaflet propaganda
In Europe, the technical document is called the "summary of product characteristics" (SmPC), and the document for end-users is called the "patient information leaflet" (PIL) or "package leaflet".
Medication package insert

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Related words

leaf

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