folk
Significado (English)
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- A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
- People, persons.
- One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
- Short for folk music.
Synonyms
ordinary people
common people
family line
people’s
Frecuencia
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/fəʊk/
Etimoloxía (English)
In summary
From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-gós, from *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Cognate with German Volk, Dutch volk, Swedish folk and Danish folk. Doublet of volk.
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