folk

folk  (fk)

n. pl. folk or folks

1.

a. The common people of a society or region considered as the representatives of a traditional way of life and especially as the originators or carriers of the customs, beliefs, and arts that make up a distinctive culture: a leader who came from the folk.

b. Archaic A nation; a people.

2. Informal People in general. Often used in the plural: Folks around here are very friendly.

3. People of a specified group or kind. Often used in the plural: city folks; rich folk.

4. folks Informal

a. The members of one's family or childhood household; one's relatives.

b. One's parents: My folks are coming for a visit.

adj.

Of, occurring in, or originating among the common people: folk culture; a folk hero.

Idiom:

just folks Informal

Down-to-earth, open-hearted.

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[Middle English, from Old English folc; see pel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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folk [fəʊk]

n pl folk, folks

1. (functioning as plural; often plural in form) people in general, esp those of a particular group or class country folk

2. (functioning as plural; usually plural in form) Informal members of a family

3. (Music, other) (functioning as singular) Informal short for folk music

4. a people or tribe

5. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (modifier) relating to, originating from, or traditional to the common people of a country a folk song

[Old English folc; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse, Old High German folk]

folkish  adj

folkishness  n

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Folk people in general; members of a family. See also kinsfolk.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	folk - people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next" common people, folks people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" country people, countryfolk - people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics gentlefolk - people of good family and breeding and high social status grass roots - the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity) home folk - folks from your own home town ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rabble - disparaging terms for the common people pleb, plebeian - one of the common people
	2.	folk - a social division of (usually preliterate) people tribe social group - people sharing some social relation moiety - one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe phyle - a tribe of ancient Athenians
	3.	folk - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, family people - members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?" homefolk - the people of your home locality (especially your own family); "he wrote his homefolk every day" house - aristocratic family line; "the House of York" dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family gens, name - family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name" blood line, bloodline, ancestry, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, origin, descent, stock, line - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
	4.	folk - the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community ethnic music, folk music folk ballad, folk song, folksong - a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture schottische - music performed for dancing the schottische popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time) C and W, country and western, country music - a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments gospel singing, gospel - folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul) square-dance music - music performed for square dancing

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folk

noun

1. people, persons, humans, individuals, men and women, human beings, humanity, inhabitants, mankind, mortals the innate reserve of country folk

2. (usually plural) family, parents, relations, relatives, tribe, clan, kin, kindred I've been avoiding my folks lately.

Proverbs
"There's nowt so queer as folk"

Translations

folk [fəʊk]

A. N

1. (= people) → gente f
country/city folk → la gente de campo/ciudad
ordinary folk → la gente llana
they're strange folk here → aquí la gente es algo rara
the common folk → el pueblo
my folks (= parents) → mis viejos mpl; (= family) → mi familia
the old folks → los viejos
hello folks! → ¡hola, amigos!

2. = folk music
see B

B. CPD folk art N → artesanía f popular or tradicional
folk dance N → baile m popular
folk dancing N → danza f folklórica
folk music N (traditional) → música f tradicional or folklórica; (contemporary) → música f folk
folk rock N → folk rock m
folk singer N → cantante mf de música folk
folk song N → canción f tradicional
folk tale N → cuento m popular
folk wisdom N → saber m popular

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folk [ˈfəʊk]

n

(= people) → gens mpl
ordinary folk → gens mpl ordinaires folk medicine

(MUSIC) → folk f folks

npl

(= parents) → parents mpl
my folks → mes parents

(= people) → gens mpl
old folks → personnes fpl âgées

(term of address) → les enfants
It's a question of money, folks → C'est une question d'argent, les enfants.

adj

(MUSIC) [band, artist, revival] → folk inv; [musician, festival, concert] → de folk, de musique folk

[hero, legend, tradition, belief] → populaire
folk art n → art m populaire
folk dance folk dancing n → danse f folklorique

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folk

pl

(also folks: inf: = people) → Leute pl; (= people in general) → die Leute, man; a lot of folk(s) believe … → viele (Leute) glauben …; there were a lot of folk at the concert → es waren eine Menge Leute bei dem Konzert; come on, folks (inf) → na los, Leute!; the young/old folk → die Jungen/Alten; old folk can’t … → alte Menschen können nicht …

(inf: = relatives: also folks) my folks → meine Leute (inf); the old folk(s) stayed at home → die alten Herrschaften blieben zu Haus

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folk:

folk dance

n → Volkstanz m

folklore

n → Folklore f, → Volkskunde f

folk medicine

n → Volksmedizin f

folk memory

n → (im Volk) lebendig gehaltene Überlieferungen pl

folk music

n → Volksmusik f

folk singer

n → Sänger(in) m(f) → von Volksliedern; (modern songs) → Folksänger(in) m(f)

folk song

n → Volkslied nt; (modern) → Folksong m

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folk [fəʊk] n

a. (people) → gente f
country/city folk → gente di campagna/di città
my folks (fam) → i miei

b. (also folk music) → folk m inv

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folk [fəʊk] n

a. (people) → gente f
country/city folk → gente di campagna/di città
my folks (fam) → i miei

b. (also folk music) → folk m inv

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folk

n pl folk [fouk]

(especially Americanfolks) people The folk in this town are very friendly. mense أناس хора lidé folk; mennesker die Leute (pl.) άνθρωποι (πληθ.) gente rahvas مردم kansa gens אֲנָשִים लोग, जनता, लोक परम्परानुसार ljudi nép rakyat fólk gente 人々 사람들 žmonės, liaudis ļaudis orang mensen folk ludzie gente oameni люди ľudia ljudje narod folk ประชาชน halk 人們 люди لوگ người 人们

adj

(of the traditions) of the common people of a country folk customs; folk dance; folk music. volksagtig شَعْبي، ريفي народен lidový folke- Volks-... λαϊκός, δημώδης popular, folclórico rahva- محلی؛ بومی kansan populaire, folklorique עֲמָמִי लोक narodan nép-, népi rakyat alþÿðu-, þjóð- folcloristico, popolare; folk 民衆の 민간의 liaudies, liaudinis tautas- rakyat volks- folke- ludowy folclórico popular, folk народный ľudový ljudski narodni folk- เกี่ยวกับขนบประเพณีของชาวบ้าน halka ait 民間的 народний عوامی، روایتی dân tộc; dân gian 民间的

n pl folks

one's family My folks all live nearby. mense; familiie عائِلَة الشَّخْص роднини rodina forældre; familie meine, etc. Leute η οικογένεια κπ. (λαϊκ.) familia omaksed قوم و خویش suku famille הָהוֹרִים परिवार rodbina, obitelj hozzátartozók keluarga fjölskylda parenti 家族 가족 namiškiai, maniškiai radi; piederīgie keluarga familie familie, slekt rodzina, krewni família familie родные rodina domači rodbina familj สมาชิกในครอบครัวโดยเฉพาะพ่อแม่ aile 親屬 рідня, родина کنبہ والے người thân thuộc; họ hàng 亲属

n folklore

the study of the customs, beliefs, stories, traditions etc of a particular people the folklore of the American Indians. volkskunde; volksoorlewerings عادات الشَّعْب وَتقاليدُه، فولكلور фолклор folklór folklore; folkeminder die Volkskunde λαογραφία folclore rahvaluule توده شناسی kansanperinne folklore פוֹלקלוֹר लोक कथा folklor folklór cerita rakyat þjóðfræði folclore 民間伝承 민속학 folkloras, tautosaka folklora cerita rakyat folklore folkeminne, folklore folklor folclore folclor фольклор folklór folklora folklor folkminnesforskning, folklore ประเพณีและความเชื่อของผู้คน folklor 民俗學, 民間傳說 фольклор عوامی حکایات văn hoá dân gian 民俗学,民间传说