centerfold

English

Alternative forms

• centrefold (mostly British)

Etymology

From center +‎ fold.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: sĕnʹtər-fōld, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntɚfoʊld/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntəfəʊld/

Noun

centerfold (plural centerfolds) (American spelling)

1. The single larger sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication, folded so as to open wider than a standard page spread.

   Hypernym: foldout

2. A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.

   Synonym: pin-up

3. The person appearing in such a photograph.

   Synonyms: pin-up, (woman) pin-up girl

   • 1981, “Centerfold”, performed by The J. Geils Band:

     My blood runs cold / My memory has just been sold / My angel is the centerfold

4. (by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:beautiful man, Thesaurus:beautiful woman

Translations

single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine

• Dutch: middenblad n
• Finnish: keskiaukeama (fi)
• German: mittlere Doppelseite f
• Polish: rozkładówka f
• Russian: разворо́т (ru) m (razvorót)
• Swedish: mittuppslag n

large photograph printed on this sheet

• Dutch: pin-up (nl) m or f
• Finnish: keskiaukeamakuva

person in such a photograph

• Dutch: pin-up (nl) m or f
• Finnish: keskiaukeaman tyttö, keskiaukeaman poika
• French: pin-up (fr) f (woman)

sexually attractive person

• Dutch: pin-up (nl) m or f, vamp (nl) f (woman)
• French: pin-up (fr) f (woman)

Anagrams

• centrefold