"folk song" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: folk songs [plural], folksong [alternative]
Etymology: From folk + song. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|folk|song}} folk + song Head templates: {{en-noun}} folk song (plural folk songs)
  1. (music) A song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians, and handed down by oral tradition. Translations (song originating among the working people): أُغْنِيَّة شَعْبِيَّة (ʔuḡniyya šaʕbiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), наро́дная пе́сня (naródnaja pjésnja) [feminine] (Belarusian), наро́дна пе́сен (naródna pésen) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 民歌 (english: man⁴ go¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 民歌 (míngē) (Chinese Mandarin), 民謠 /民谣 (mínyáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 歌謠 /歌谣 (gēyáo) (Chinese Mandarin), kan werin [feminine] (Cornish), lidová píseň [feminine] (Czech), rahvalaul (Estonian), kansanlaulu (Finnish), chanson populaire [feminine] (French), canción popular [feminine] (Galician), cántiga [feminine] (Galician), ხალხური სიმღერა (xalxuri simɣera) (Georgian), Volkslied [neuter] (German), लोकगीत (lokgīt) [masculine] (Hindi), népdal (Hungarian), canto popolare [masculine] (Italian), 民謡 (min'yō) (alt: みんよう) (Japanese), フォークソング (fōkusongu) (Japanese), 歌謡 (kayō) (alt: かよう) (Japanese), 민요 (minyo) (alt: 民謠) (Korean), 포크송 (pokeusong) (Korean), 가요 (gayo) (Korean), tautas dziesma [feminine] (Latvian), народна песна (narodna pesna) [feminine] (Macedonian), تركی (türkü) (Ottoman Turkish), piosenka ludowa [feminine] (Polish), наро́дная пе́сня (naródnaja pésnja) [feminine] (Russian), ľudová pieseň [feminine] (Slovak), ljudska pesem [feminine] (Slovene), canción popular [feminine] (Spanish), folksång [common-gender] (Swedish), folkvisa [common-gender] (Swedish), türkü (Turkish), halk şarkısı (Turkish), наро́дна пі́сня (naródna písnja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), dân ca (alt: 民歌) (Vietnamese)
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  2. (music, uncountable) folk music Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-folk_song-en-noun-hScHP~qw Categories (other): Music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (music) A song in the style of folk music, a modern genre of popular music.
    Sense id: en-folk_song-en-noun-FALY-6Ik Categories (other): Music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: folk music, Wikipedia has an article on Folk music Translations (song in this style): 民歌 (míngē) (Chinese Mandarin), folk-kappale (Finnish), Folksong [masculine] (German), halıq qosıg'ı (Karakalpak), наро́дная пе́сня (naródnaja pésnja) [feminine] (Russian), folksång [common-gender] (Swedish), dân ca (alt: 民歌) (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'song in this style': 49 0 51

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      "roman": "pokeusong",
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      "word": "포크송"
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      "word": "tautas dziesma"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "narodna pesna",
      "sense": "song originating among the working people",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "song originating among the working people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "piosenka ludowa"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "naródnaja pésnja",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "наро́дная пе́сня"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "song originating among the working people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ľudová pieseň"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "song originating among the working people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ljudska pesem"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "song originating among the working people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "canción popular"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "song originating among the working people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "folksång"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "song originating among the working people",
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      "word": "folkvisa"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "song originating among the working people",
      "word": "türkü"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "song originating among the working people",
      "word": "halk şarkısı"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naródna písnja",
      "sense": "song originating among the working people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "наро́дна пі́сня"
    },
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      "alt": "民歌",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "song originating among the working people",
      "word": "dân ca"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "míngē",
      "sense": "song in this style",
      "word": "民歌"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "song in this style",
      "word": "folk-kappale"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "song in this style",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Folksong"
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      "code": "kaa",
      "lang": "Karakalpak",
      "sense": "song in this style",
      "word": "halıq qosıg'ı"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naródnaja pésnja",
      "sense": "song in this style",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "наро́дная пе́сня"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "song in this style",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "folksång"
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      "alt": "民歌",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "song in this style",
      "word": "dân ca"
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  "word": "folk song"
}

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