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1. (n.) folklore
the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
2. folklore
the study of such lore.
3. folklore
a body of widely held but false or unsubstantiated beliefs.
Etymology: (1846; coined by English antiquary William John Thoms (1803–85))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) folklore
the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. folklore
alt. of Folk lore
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. folklore
The common orally transmitted traditions, myths, festivals, songs, superstitions, and stories of all peoples.
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Sense: the study of the customs, beliefs, stories, traditions etc of a particular people
the folklore of the American Indians.
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 Afrikaans: volkskunde; volksoorlewer |
 Arabic: عادات الشَّعْب وَتقاليدُه |
 Bulgarian: фолклор |
 Brazilian: folclore |
 Czech: folklór |
 German: die Volkskunde |
 Danish: folklore; folkeminder |
 Greek: λαογραφία |
 Spanish: folclore |
 Estonian: rahvaluule |
 Farsi: توده شناسی |
 Finnish: kansanperinne |
 French: folklore |
 Hebrew: פוֹלקלוֹר |
 Hindi: लोक कथा |
 Croatian: folklor |
 Hungarian: folklór |
 Indonesian: cerita rakyat |
 Icelandic: þjóðfræði |
 Italian: folclore |
 Japanese: 民間伝承 |
 Korean: 민속학 |
 Lithuanian: folkloras, tautosaka |
 Latvian: folklora |
 Malay: cerita rakyat |
 Dutch: folklore |
 Norwegian: folkeminne, folklore |
 Polish: folklor |
 Persian: توده شناسی |
 Pashto: فولكلور، اولس پوهه (دخلكو |
 Portuguese: folclore |
 Romanian: folclor |
 Russian: фольклор |
 Slovak: folklór |
 Slovenian: folklora |
 Serbian: folklor |
 Swedish: folkminnesforskning, folk |
 Thai: คติชาวบ้าน |
 Turkish: folklor |
 Taiwanese: 民俗學，民間傳說 |
 Ukrainian: фольклор |
 Urdu: عوامی حکایات |
 Vietnamese: văn hoá dân gian |
 Chinese: 民俗学，民间传说 |
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