folk

Senso (English)

Noun

1. A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
2. People, persons.
3. One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
4. Short for folk music.

Adj

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

Synonyms

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

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

🗺️

plebian

working-class

traditionary

community

local

mortality

national

Kansa

regional

blood

🩸

body

cheap

citizen

citizens

civil

clan

class

conventional

fellow

folk song

gender

gens

genus

homegrown

horde

hot

🥵

house

🏠

human

human being

humanity

humankind

inhabitant

Kansas

kith and kin

low

nationality

native

non-governmental

pop

private

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/fəʊk/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglese medio: folk

Inherited from inglese antico: folc

Cognate with tedesco: Volk

Cognate with olandese: volk

Cognate with svedese: folk

Cognate with danese: folk

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.

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.