"folk dance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: folk dances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} folk dance (countable and uncountable, plural folk dances)
  1. Any dance traditionally performed by the common people of a specific region. Wikipedia link: folk dance Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dances Derived forms: folk dancer, folk dancing Translations (genre of dance): رَقْص شَعْبِيّ (raqṣ šaʕbiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), ժողովրդական պար (žoġovrdakan par) (Armenian), 民間舞蹈 (Chinese Mandarin), 民间舞蹈 (mínjiān wǔdǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 民族舞蹈 (mínzú wǔdǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), folkedans [common-gender] (Danish), volksdans (Dutch), kansantanssi (Finnish), danse traditionnelle [feminine] (French), Volkstanz [masculine] (German), ריקוד עם (Hebrew), लोक नृत्य (lok nŕtya) [masculine] (Hindi), néptánc (Hungarian), népi tánc (Hungarian), フォークダンス (fōkudansu) (Japanese), 民族舞踊 (minzoku buyō) (alt: みんぞくぶよう) (Japanese), 민족 무용 (minjok muyong) (alt: 民族舞踊) (Korean), folkedans [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), folkedans [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), taniec ludowy [masculine] (Polish), dança tradicional [feminine] (Portuguese), наро́дный та́нец (naródnyj tánec) [masculine] (Russian), folkdans [common-gender] (Swedish)

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