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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1. foil /fɔɪl/ n.
  1. (anche tin ~) (for wrapping) (carta) stagnola f.
  1. (for gilding, backing) gold ~ foglia o lamina d’oro
  1. (setting) to be o act as a ~ to o for fare risaltare, mettere in rilievo.
2. foil /fɔɪl/ tr. ostacolare, contrastare [person];
sventare [plot];
vanificare [attempt].
3. foil /fɔɪl/ See lexical note→ 10 n. sport fioretto m.

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foil: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

foil (hydrofoil)aliscafo nm
foil (transparency)diapositiva nf
foil (sword) fiorettospada nf
foil (to contrast)mettere in rilievo per contrasto v
foilfoglia nf
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foil: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

Compound Forms/Forme composte
aluminum foil, UK: aluminium foiln US (tinfoil)foglio di alluminio
copper foillamina di rame
gold foiln (sheet of gold)foglia d'oro, foglia oro, lamina d'oro, carta dorata nf
Nota: also can mean paper with a shiny gold-covered surface, not really gold
He is so rich, he gave her a present wrapped in gold foil.
I preziosi regali erano impacchettati in carta dorata.
gold-foildi foglia d'oro
literary foiln (fictional character: provides contrast with main character)antagonista nm
metal foillamina di metallo
tin foilstagnola nf
tin-foildi stagnola
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