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foil noun

  /fɔɪl/
  • (fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
 fioretto
  • (authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
 fioretto, spalla
  • A very thin sheet of metal.
 lamella, lamina
  • (mostly, uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
 carta stagnola

foil verb

  /fɔɪl/
  • To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
 sventare
aluminium foil
alluminio
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