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"ref": "1907, Race Prejudice, Jean Finot, page 251",
"text": "We thus arrive at a most unexpected imbroglio. The French have become a Germanic folk and the Germanic folk have become Gaulish!"
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"text": "Young folk, old folk, everybody come / To our little Sunday School, and have a lot of fun.",
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"ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest",
"text": "“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes[…]. And then, when you see [the senders], you probably find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases. […]”",
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]
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{
"ref": "1907, Race Prejudice, Jean Finot, page 251",
"text": "We thus arrive at a most unexpected imbroglio. The French have become a Germanic folk and the Germanic folk have become Gaulish!"
}
],
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"The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants."
],
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[
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"countable",
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"People in general."
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"text": "Young folk, old folk, everybody come / To our little Sunday School, and have a lot of fun.",
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"ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest",
"text": "“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes[…]. And then, when you see [the senders], you probably find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases. […]”",
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"parent"
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"word": "folk music"
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"English short forms",
"en:Music"
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"Short for folk music."
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[
"music",
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"(music) Short for folk music."
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"lifestyle",
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]
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"ipa": "/foʊk/",
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"General-American"
]
},
{
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"General-American"
]
},
{
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{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/En-us-folk.ogg",
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],
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},
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"word": "volk"
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{
"word": "volge"
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"lang": "Armenian",
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"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"word": "ժողովուրդ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "naród",
"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "наро́д"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"word": "volk"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"word": "peuple"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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},
{
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"word": "Volk"
},
{
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"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"word": "autoctono"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "ang",
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"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
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{
"code": "osx",
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"lang": "Plautdietsch",
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lud"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
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],
"word": "наро́д"
},
{
"code": "sco",
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"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"word": "fowk"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
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"roman": "naród",
"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
"word": "наро́д"
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{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "inhabitants of a region",
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"West Frisian lemmas",
"West Frisian neuter nouns",
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"West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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"West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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{
"word": "folk medicine"
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"word": "volk"
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{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šaʕbiyy",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "شَعْبِيّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "žoġovrdakan",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "ժողովրդական"
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "naródny",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "наро́дны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naróden",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "наро́ден"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mín",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "民"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "lidový"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "populaire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "Volks-"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "nép-"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "népi"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "népies"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "naroden",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "народен"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "ludowy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naródnyj",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "наро́дный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"tags": [
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"word": "на́роднӣ"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"tags": [
"Roman"
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"word": "národnī"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "ľudový"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "ljȗdski"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "naródnyj",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "наро́дний"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
"word": "dân"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous",
"word": "népi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous",
"word": "ludowy"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous",
"word": "zwyczajowy"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous",
"word": "popularny"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naródnyj",
"sense": "believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous",
"word": "наро́дный"
}
],
"word": "folk"
}
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