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Noun [English]

Forms: folk musics [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} folk music (usually uncountable, plural folk musics)
  1. Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (music originating from a specific region): مُوسِيقَى فُلْكْلُورِيَّة (mūsīqā fulklūriyya) [feminine] (Arabic), 民間音樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 民间音乐 (mínjiān yīnyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), folkemusik (Danish), volksmuziek [feminine] (Dutch), kansanmusiikki (Finnish), folk [masculine] (French), musique folk [feminine] (French), ხალხური მუსიკა (xalxuri musiḳa) (Georgian), ფოლკ-მუსიკა (polḳ-musiḳa) (Georgian), Volksmusik (German), népzene (Hungarian), 民族音楽 (minzoku ongaku) (alt: みんぞくおんがく) (Japanese), フォークソング (fōkusongu) (Japanese), 민속 음악 (minsok eumak) (alt: 民族音樂) (Korean), 포크송 (pokeusong) (Korean), kiaull çheerey [masculine] (Manx), folkemusikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), folkemusikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), muzyka ludowa [feminine] (Polish), música tradicional [feminine] (Portuguese), música folclórica [feminine] (Portuguese), muzică folk [feminine] (Romanian), muzică populară [feminine] (Romanian), наро́дная му́зыка (naródnaja múzyka) [feminine] (Russian), фолькло́рная му́зыка (folʹklórnaja múzyka) [feminine] (Russian), fowk muisic (Scots), música folklórica [feminine] (Spanish), folk música [feminine] (Spanish), folkmusik [common-gender] (Swedish), musikang bayan (Tagalog), dân ca (Vietnamese), nhạc dân gian (Vietnamese), âm nhạc dân gian (Vietnamese), folksmuzyk [feminine] (West Frisian)
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  2. Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Musical genres Related terms: folk song Translations (contemporary music in traditional style): 民間音樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 民间音乐 (mínjiān yīnyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), folk [masculine] (Dutch), wereldmuziek [feminine] (Dutch), folkmuziek [feminine] (Dutch), etnomusiikki (Finnish), folkmusiikki (Finnish), Weltmusik (German), kiaull çheerey [masculine] (Manx), folk [masculine] (Polish), música folk [feminine] (Portuguese), folk [masculine] (Portuguese), muzică folk [feminine] (Romanian), muzică etno [feminine] (Romanian), etno-muzică [feminine] (Romanian), фолк (folk) [masculine] (Russian), fowk muisic (Scots), folk muisic (Scots), folkmusik [common-gender] (Swedish), folk [common-gender] (Swedish), folkmuzyk [feminine] (West Frisian)
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          "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "muzică folk"
        },
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          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "muzică etno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "etno-muzică"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "folk",
          "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фолк"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
          "word": "fowk muisic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
          "word": "folk muisic"
        },
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          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
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            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "folkmusik"
        },
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          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "folk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "folkmuzyk"
        }
      ]
    }
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    "folk music"
  ],
  "word": "folk music"
}
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
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    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mūsīqā fulklūriyya",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُوسِيقَى فُلْكْلُورِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "民間音樂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mínjiān yīnyuè",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "民间音乐"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "folkemusik"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "volksmuziek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "kansanmusiikki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "musique folk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xalxuri musiḳa",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "ხალხური მუსიკა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "polḳ-musiḳa",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "ფოლკ-მუსიკა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "Volksmusik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "népzene"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みんぞくおんがく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "minzoku ongaku",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "民族音楽"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fōkusongu",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "フォークソング"
    },
    {
      "alt": "民族音樂",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "minsok eumak",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "민속 음악"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pokeusong",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "포크송"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kiaull çheerey"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folkemusikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folkemusikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muzyka ludowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "música tradicional"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "música folclórica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muzică folk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muzică populară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naródnaja múzyka",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "наро́дная му́зыка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "folʹklórnaja múzyka",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фолькло́рная му́зыка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "fowk muisic"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "música folklórica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "folk música"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "folkmusik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "musikang bayan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "dân ca"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "nhạc dân gian"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "word": "âm nhạc dân gian"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "music originating from a specific region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "folksmuzyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "word": "民間音樂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mínjiān yīnyuè",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "word": "民间音乐"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wereldmuziek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "folkmuziek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "word": "etnomusiikki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "word": "folkmusiikki"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "word": "Weltmusik"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kiaull çheerey"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "música folk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muzică folk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muzică etno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etno-muzică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "folk",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фолк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "word": "fowk muisic"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "word": "folk muisic"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "folkmusik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "folk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "contemporary music in traditional style",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "folkmuzyk"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "folk music"
  ],
  "word": "folk music"
}

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