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Foil may mean:

• Foil (chemistry), a thin sheet of metal
  • Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food
  • Foil bearing, a type of fluid bearing

• Foil (sword), a weapon used in the sport of fencing

• Foil (fluid mechanics), a type of wing or blade used to provide lift
  • In aeronautics:
    • Airfoil, used on aircraft
    • Parafoil, a nonrigid airfoil, inflated during use
  • In sailing:
    • Hydrofoil, a type of boat using foils designed for water
    • Bruce foil, an foil used on an outrigger to prevent a boat from heeling
    • Centreboard, a movable keel that functions as a foil
    • Foilboard, a surfboard using a hydrofoil

• foil (literature), a character who emphasizes the traits of a main character, by comparison or contrast
• Comedic foil, (or comic foil), is the straight man in a comedy team.

• FOIL programming language, one of two defunct computer programming languages
• FOIL rule, a mnemonic device for remembering how to multiply two binomials

• Foil (band), a Seattle grunge rock group c.1990-1996.

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