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folk
English
Alternative forms
- vok, volk, volke (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?, from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?-gós, from *pleh?- (“to fill”). Cognate with German Volk, Dutch volk, Swedish folk and Danish folk. Doublet of volk.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /fo?k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Adjective
folk (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
- Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
- (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
- Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous.
Derived terms
- folk etymology
Translations
Noun
folk (plural folk or folks)
- (archaic) A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.
- J. R. Green
- The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war.
- J. R. Green
- The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
- 1907, Race Prejudice, Jean Finot, page 251:
- We thus arrive at a most unexpected imbroglio. The French have become a Germanic folk and the Germanic folk have become Gaulish!
- 1907, Race Prejudice, Jean Finot, page 251:
- (plural only, plural: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
- (music) Folk music.
- (plural only) People in general.
- (plural only) A particular group of people.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- "folk" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 136.
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fólk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?lk/, [f?l???]
Noun
folk n (singular definite folket, plural indefinite folk)
- people, persons
- Der var mange folk på torvet.
- There were many people on the plaza.
- Der var mange folk på torvet.
- one, people
- Folk ved ikke hvor meget deres hamstre er værd.
- People don't know how much their hamsters are worth.
- Folk ved ikke hvor meget deres hamstre er værd.
- (countable) a people, a nation (not necessarily politically or geographically united)
- crew
Declension
Synonyms
- (nation): folkeslag, nation
Derived terms
- hoffolk
Further reading
- “folk” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “folk” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Etymology 2
From English folk (“folk music”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?w??]
Noun
folk c (singular definite folken, not used in plural form)
- folk music (contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music)
See also
- folk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Finnish
Alternative forms
- folkki
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?folk/, [?fo?lk]
- Rhymes: -olk
- Syllabification: folk
Noun
folk
- (music) folk, folk music
Declension
Compounds
- folklaulaja
- folkmusiikki
Middle English
Alternative forms
- folke, foolk, fok, folck, folc, follc, volk
Etymology
From Old English folk, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?lk/
Noun
folk (plural folk or folkes)
- people, folk (multiple individuals)
- nation, race, stock
- group, band, troop (of people):
- subjects, followers, comitatus
- army, retinue (group of armed people)
- gathering, parliament
- family, kin, relatives
- humankind, humanity; all people
- (rare) creatures, beings
Usage notes
Can be treated as a singular or a plural noun.
Related terms
- lond folk
- Northfolk
- Suffolk
Descendants
- English: folk
- Scots: fowk
References
- “folk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse fólk, folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.
Noun
folk n (definite singular folket, indefinite plural folk, definite plural folka or folkene)
- a people
- people in general
- folk
Derived terms
Related terms
- avfolke
- befolke
References
- “folk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse fólk, folk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?lk/
Noun
folk n (definite singular folket, indefinite plural folk, definite plural folka)
- people
Derived terms
References
- “folk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- fulk,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fulk?.
Noun
folk n
- people, folk
Inflection
Descendants
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum: folk
- Saterland Frisian: Foulk
- West Frisian: folk
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
- folc
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fulk?.
Noun
folk n
- people, folk
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: volk
- Low German:
- German Low German:
- Hamburgisch: Volk
- Westphalian:
- Lippisch: Volk
- Ravensbergisch: Folk
- Sauerländisch: Volk
- Westmünsterländisch: Volk
- German Low German:
- Plautdietsch: Volkj
- Low German:
Polish
Etymology
From English folk (music), from Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?, from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?-gós, from *pleh?-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?lk/
Noun
folk m inan
- folk music (contemporary music in traditional style)
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) foklowy
Related terms
- (adverb) foklowo
Further reading
- folk in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- folk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English folk.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?fow.ki/
Noun
folk m (uncountable)
- (music) folk music (contemporary music in traditional style)
- Synonym: música folk
Romanian
Etymology
From English folk.
Noun
folk n (uncountable)
- folk music
Declension
Scots
Noun
folk (plural folks)
- Alternative spelling of fowk
Spanish
Etymology
English folk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?folk/, [?folk]
Noun
folk m (uncountable)
- folk (music)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fólk, folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.
Pronunciation
Noun
folk n
- (uncountable) people in general, humans
- a people, a nation; in compounds referring to local or national traditions (folklore), national institutions (folkhem) or international relations (folkrätt)
Declension
Derived terms
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /folk/
Noun
folk n (plural folken, diminutive folkje)
- people, folk
Further reading
- “folk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Interjection
folk
- call at the door if anyone's home
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folkland
English
Etymology
From Old English folcland. Equivalent to folk +? land.
Noun
folkland (countable and uncountable, plural folklands)
- (law, historical, Britain) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
- 1889, Hannis Taylor, The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution
- The folkland, the national fund, was administered and conveyed conjointly by the king and the witan.
- 1889, Hannis Taylor, The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution
Related terms
- bookland
References
- folkland in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- landfolk
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- who won the falkland war
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