Belgium

farde

Meaning

a ring binder for papers

Elsewhere

classeur

Explanation

A French pupil keeps their notes in a classeur. A Belgian or Luxembourgish one keeps them in a farde.

Example

Range tes fiches de cours dans la farde bleue.

Put your course notes away in the blue folder.

Origin

From an Old French word for clothes, fardes, close to hardes, old belongings; standard French made a similar jump with chemise, literally a shirt, for a folder.

Where

BelgiumLuxembourg

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