folk

(Inglese)

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.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/fəʊk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: folk

Ereditato da inglese antico: folc

Affine tedesco: Volk

Affine olandese: volk

Affine svedese: folk

Affine danese: 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.

Concetti

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family

👪

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commoner

ordinary people

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neighbours

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kin

family line

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sept

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Kansa

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Frasi

The Greek musicians play on small portable folk style instruments .

I musicisti greci suonano su piccoli strumenti in stile folk portatile.

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

Gran parte della musica di William Schmidt è stata influenzata dalla musica jazz e folk.

Ukrainian folk word "solontsi" means salty soil .

Parola popolare ucraina "Solontsi" significa terreno salato.

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

Alcune tradizioni popolari assegnano un attributo diverso a ogni foglia di un trifoglio.