folk (f k)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. Idiom: Of, occurring in, or originating among the common people: folk culture; a folk hero. just folks Informal Down-to-earth, open-hearted. [Middle English, from Old English folc; see pel  -1 in Indo-European roots.] |
folk
Noun, pl
1. people in general, esp. those of a particular group or class: ordinary folk
2. Also: (folks) Informal members of one's family; relatives
Noun
1. Informal short for folk music
2. a people or tribe
Adjective
originating from or traditional to the common people of a country: folk art [Old English folc]
Folk people in general; members of a family. See also kinsfolk.
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| 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"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 |
| 2. |  folk - a social division of (usually preliterate) peoplesocial 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"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 | |
| 4. |  folk - the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a communityfolk 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 |
folk
Translations
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 väki gens אֲנָשִים लोग, जनता, लोक परम्परानुसार ljudi nép rakyat fólk gente 人々 사람들, 세인(世人) 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, 민속적인 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 omaiset famille הָהוֹרִים परिवार rodbina, obitelj hozzátartozók keluarga fjölskylda parenti 家族 가족, 부모 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 민속, 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
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