folk

(Inglés)

Noun

1. (archaic, countable) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
2. (collective, countable, plural, uncountable) People, persons.
3. (collective, countable, plural, uncountable, usually) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of folk music.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
3. (not-comparable) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
4. (not-comparable) Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically or ideologically correct or rigorous.

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/fəʊk/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: folk

Herdado de Old English: folc

Relativo a alemán: Volk

Relativo a neerlandés: volk

Relativo a sueco: folk

Relativo a dinamarqués: folk

In summary

From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-gós, from *pleh₁- (“to fill”).
Cognate with German Volk, Dutch volk, Swedish folk and Danish folk. Doublet of volk.

Sinónimos

people

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nation

popular

family

👪

tribe

commoner

ordinary people

villager

neighbours

folk music

populace

common people

person

🧑‍🦱

kin

family line

people’s

kinsfolk

guy

sept

ethnic

man

👨

ethnic music

crowd

mankind

race

phratry

folklore

public

civilian

folks

traditional

kinfolk

relations

relatives

settlement

subjects

unofficial

vernacular

widespread

working class

world

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plebian

working-class

traditionary

community

local

mortality

national

Kansa

regional

Traducións

peuple

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popolo

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volk

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pueblo

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gente

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populus

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Volk

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

gente

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λαός

Leute

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gente

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naród

plebs

ludowy

Frases

The Greek musicians play on small portable folk style instruments .

Much of William Schmidt's music was influenced by jazz and folk music .

Ukrainian folk word "solontsi" means salty soil .

Some folk traditions assign a different attribute to each leaf of a clover .