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1. (n.) folk
Usu., folks. (used with a pl. v.) people in general.
2. folk
Often, folks. (used with a pl. v.) people of a specified class or group:
country folk; poor folks.
3. folk
(used with a pl. v.) people as the carriers of culture, esp. as representing a society's mores, customs, and traditions.
4. folk
Informal.
5. folk
members of one's family; one's relatives.
6. folk
one's parents.
7. folk
Archaic. a people or tribe.
8. (adj.) folk
of or originating among the common people:
folk beliefs; folk dances.
9. folk
having unknown origins and reflecting the traditional forms of a society:
folk art.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE folc)
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| Definition of 'FOLK' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) folk, folks, common people
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"
2. (noun) tribe, folk
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
3. (noun) family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
people descended from a common ancestor
"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
4. (noun) folk music, ethnic music, folk
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
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1. (noun) folk
people
old folk; city folk; Are you folks coming along?
2. folk
folks
parents
He's worried what his folks will say.
3. (adjective) folk
traditional and from a particular region
a folk dance/song; folk music/tales
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| Definition of 'FOLK' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. FOLK
alt. of Folks
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Sense: (especially Americanfolks) people
The folk in this town are very friendly.
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 Afrikaans: mense |
 Arabic: أناس |
 Bulgarian: хора |
 Brazilian: gente |
 Czech: lidé |
 German: die Leute (pl.) |
 Danish: folk; mennesker |
 Greek: άνθρωποι (πληθ.) |
 Spanish: gente |
 Estonian: rahvas |
 Farsi: مردم |
 Finnish: kansa |
 French: gens |
 Hebrew: אֲנָשִים |
 Hindi: लोग, जनता, लोक परम्परानुस |
 Croatian: ljudi |
 Hungarian: nép |
 Indonesian: rakyat |
 Icelandic: fólk |
 Italian: gente |
 Japanese: 人々 |
 Korean: 사람들 |
 Lithuanian: žmonės, liaudis |
 Latvian: ļaudis |
 Malay: orang |
 Dutch: mensen |
 Norwegian: folk |
 Polish: ludzie |
 Persian: مردم |
 Pashto: خلک |
 Portuguese: gente |
 Romanian: oameni |
 Russian: люди |
 Slovak: ľudia |
 Slovenian: ljudje |
 Serbian: narod |
 Swedish: folk |
 Thai: ประชาชน |
 Turkish: halk |
 Taiwanese: 人們 |
 Ukrainian: люди |
 Urdu: لوگ |
 Vietnamese: người |
 Chinese: 人们 |
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