leaflet

(lē'flĭt)
n.

1. One of the segments of a compound leaf.
2. A small leaf or leaflike part.
3. A printed, usually folded handbill or flier intended for free distribution.

v., -let·ed, also -let·ted, -let·ing, -let·ting, -lets, -lets.

v.intr.
To hand out leaflets.

v.tr.
To hand out leaflets to or in: leafleted the morning commuters; leaflet a neighborhood.

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As a verb, meaning 'to distribute leaflets to', leaflet has inflected forms leafleted, leafleting.

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One of the subdivisions of a compound leaf.

1. 
   (a) any small or young leaf (def. 1).
   
   (b) an individual segment of a compound leaf.
   
2. any small, thin, flattened object or structure that resembles the leaf of a plant, especially a lipid bilayer or a portion of a biological membrane.

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• Plants and Plant Parts - leaflet: small or young leaf

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - leaflet, brochure, folder
v. intr. - uddele brochurer
v. tr. - uddele brochurer til

Nederlands (Dutch)
folder, toelichting, bijsluiter, pamflet, strooibiljet, traktaat, (jong) blaadje

Français (French)
n. - dépliant, prospectus, tract, foliole
v. intr. - (gén) distribuer des dépliants, distribuer des prospectus/des tracts
v. tr. - distribuer des prospectus

Deutsch (German)
n. - Blättchen, Flugblatt, Broschüre
v. - Werbematerial verteilen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φυλλάδιο, φυλλαράκι

Italiano (Italian)
volantino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - folheto (m)

Русский (Russian)
листовка, молодой лист

Español (Spanish)
n. - folleto, prospecto, folíolo, hojuela
v. intr. - distribuir folletos, distribuir prospectos
v. tr. - distribuir folletos, distribuir prospectos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - flygblad, reklamlapp, folder, cirkulär, broschyr, litet löv

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小叶, 传单, 散发传单, 向...散发传单

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小葉, 傳單
v. intr. - 散發傳單
v. tr. - 向...散發傳單

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 작은 잎, 광고지, 간단한 인쇄물
v. intr. - 전단을 뿌리다
v. tr. - ~을 배포하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小葉, ちらし
v. - ビラを配る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نشرة, كراسه, وريقه ورقه صغيرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עלון, דף-פרסומת, דפדף‬
v. intr. - ‮עילעל‬
v. tr. - ‮הפיץ עלונים או דפי-פרסומת‬

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