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 Definitions of folklore  [ˈfoʊkˌlɔr, -ˌloʊr]  

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Definition of 'folklore' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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))

Definition of 'folklore' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) folklore
the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture


Definition of 'folklore' Webster Dictionary 

1.  folklore
alt. of Folk lore


Definition of 'folklore' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  folklore
The common orally transmitted traditions, myths, festivals, songs, superstitions, and stories of all peoples.


Translation of 'folklore' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the study of the customs, beliefs, stories, traditions etc of a particular people
the folklore of the American Indians.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: volkskunde; volksoorlewer Arabic flag Arabic: عادات الشَّعْب وَتقاليدُه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: фолклор
Brazilian flag Brazilian: folclore Czech flag Czech: folklór German flag German: die Volkskunde
Danish flag Danish: folklore; folkeminder Greek flag Greek: λαογραφία Spanish flag Spanish: folclore
Estonian flag Estonian: rahvaluule Farsi flag Farsi: توده شناسی Finnish flag Finnish: kansanperinne
French flag French: folklore Hebrew flag Hebrew: פוֹלקלוֹר Hindi flag Hindi: लोक कथा
Croatian flag Croatian: folklor Hungarian flag Hungarian: folklór Indonesian flag Indonesian: cerita rakyat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þjóðfræði Italian flag Italian: folclore Japanese flag Japanese: 民間伝承
Korean flag Korean: 민속학 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: folkloras, tautosaka Latvian flag Latvian: folklora
Malay flag Malay: cerita rakyat Dutch flag Dutch: folklore Norwegian flag Norwegian: folkeminne, folklore
Polish flag Polish: folklor Persian flag Persian: توده شناسی Pashto flag Pashto: فولكلور، اولس پوهه (دخلكو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: folclore Romanian flag Romanian: folclor Russian flag Russian: фольклор
Slovak flag Slovak: folklór Slovenian flag Slovenian: folklora Serbian flag Serbian: folklor
Swedish flag Swedish: folkminnesforskning, folk Thai flag Thai: คติชาวบ้าน Turkish flag Turkish: folklor
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 民俗學,民間傳說 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: фольклор Urdu flag Urdu: عوامی حکایات
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: văn hoá dân gian Chinese flag Chinese: 民俗学,民间传说

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