"folk" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /fəʊk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /foʊk/ [General-American], /foʊlk/ [General-American, nonstandard] Audio: En-us-folk.ogg
Rhymes: -əʊk Etymology: From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-gós, from *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Cognate with German Volk, Dutch volk, Swedish folk and Danish folk. Doublet of volk. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pleh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|folk}} Middle English folk, {{inh|en|ang|folc}} Old English folc, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*folk}} Proto-West Germanic *folk, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fulką}} Proto-Germanic *fulką, {{inh|en|ine-pro||*pl̥h₁-gós}} Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-gós, {{cog|de|Volk}} German Volk, {{cog|nl|volk}} Dutch volk, {{cog|sv|folk}} Swedish folk, {{cog|da|folk}} Danish folk, {{doublet|en|volk}} Doublet of volk Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} folk (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-folk-en-adj-NbeyDhzh
  2. Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-folk-en-adj-Pp3-H9g3 Categories (other): Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 5 12 12 11 17 15 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 6 11 11 9 18 15 7 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 6 13 12 11 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 12 12 10 18 16 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 6 13 12 11 17 14 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 13 13 12 17 14 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 12 11 12 16 16 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 6 12 11 10 16 17 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 12 12 11 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 6 12 11 12 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 6 12 12 11 17 14 8 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 20
  3. (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Architecture Translations (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular): شَعْبِيّ (šaʕbiyy) (Arabic), ժողովրդական (žoġovrdakan) (Armenian), наро́дны (naródny) (Belarusian), наро́ден (naróden) (Bulgarian), (mín) (Chinese Mandarin), lidový (Czech), populaire (French), Volks- (German), nép- (Hungarian), népi (Hungarian), népies (Hungarian), народен (naroden) (Macedonian), ludowy (Polish), наро́дный (naródnyj) (Russian), на́роднӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), národnī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ľudový (Slovak), ljȗdski (Slovene), наро́дний (naródnyj) (Ukrainian), dân (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-folk-en-adj-CCNTuxy2 Categories (other): Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 5 12 12 11 17 15 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 6 11 11 9 18 15 7 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 6 13 12 11 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 12 12 10 18 16 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 6 13 12 11 17 14 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 13 13 12 17 14 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 12 11 12 16 16 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 6 12 11 10 16 17 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 12 12 11 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 6 12 11 12 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 6 12 12 11 17 14 8 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 20 Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular': 3 7 78 12
  4. Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous. Tags: not-comparable Translations (believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous): népi (Hungarian), ludowy (Polish), zwyczajowy (Polish), popularny (Polish), наро́дный (naródnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-folk-en-adj-2JxR3Iy- Categories (other): Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 5 12 12 11 17 15 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 6 13 12 11 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 12 12 10 18 16 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 6 13 12 11 17 14 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 13 13 12 17 14 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 12 11 12 16 16 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 6 12 11 10 16 17 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 12 12 11 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 6 12 11 12 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 6 12 12 11 17 14 8 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 20 Disambiguation of 'believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous': 1 6 2 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vok, volk, volge, volke [dialectal] Derived forms: folk etymology, folk medicine

Noun

IPA: /fəʊk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /foʊk/ [General-American], /foʊlk/ [General-American, nonstandard] Audio: En-us-folk.ogg Forms: folks [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊk Etymology: From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-gós, from *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Cognate with German Volk, Dutch volk, Swedish folk and Danish folk. Doublet of volk. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pleh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|folk}} Middle English folk, {{inh|en|ang|folc}} Old English folc, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*folk}} Proto-West Germanic *folk, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fulką}} Proto-Germanic *fulką, {{inh|en|ine-pro||*pl̥h₁-gós}} Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-gós, {{cog|de|Volk}} German Volk, {{cog|nl|volk}} Dutch volk, {{cog|sv|folk}} Swedish folk, {{cog|da|folk}} Danish folk, {{doublet|en|volk}} Doublet of volk Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} folk (countable and uncountable, plural folks)
  1. (countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants. Tags: archaic, countable Translations (inhabitants of a region): ժողովուրդ (žoġovurd) (Armenian), наро́д (naród) [masculine] (Belarusian), volk (Dutch), peuple (French), pobo [masculine] (Galician), xente [feminine] (Galician), grei [feminine] (Galician), touta (Gaulish), Volk (German), nép (Hungarian), gente [feminine] (Italian), autoctono (Italian), popolo [masculine] (Italian), abitante [masculine] (Italian), populus (Latin), habitans (Latin), vivens (Latin), folk (Middle English), folk [neuter] (Norwegian), befolkning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), folc (Old English), folk (Old Saxon), Volkj (nds) [neuter] (Plautdietsch), lud [masculine] (Polish), povo [masculine] (Portuguese), наро́д (naród) [masculine] (Russian), fowk (Scots), pueblo (Spanish), gente (Spanish), folk [neuter] (Swedish), halk (Turkish), ulus (Turkish), millet (Turkish), наро́д (naród) (Ukrainian), folk (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-folk-en-noun-8IHST5Wv Categories (other): Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 5 12 12 11 17 15 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 6 11 11 9 18 15 7 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 6 13 12 11 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 12 12 10 18 16 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 6 13 12 11 17 14 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 13 13 12 17 14 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 12 11 12 16 16 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 6 12 11 10 16 17 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 12 12 11 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 6 12 11 12 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 6 12 12 11 17 14 8 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 20 Disambiguation of 'inhabitants of a region': 85 1 3 12
  2. (collective plural) People, persons. Tags: collective, countable, plural, uncountable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-folk-en-noun-wZ9XBXDQ Disambiguation of People: 0 6 0 9 29 53 0 2 Categories (other): Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 5 12 12 11 17 15 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 6 11 11 9 18 15 7 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 6 13 12 11 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 12 12 10 18 16 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 6 13 12 11 17 14 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 13 13 12 17 14 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 12 11 12 16 16 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 6 12 11 10 16 17 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 12 12 11 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 6 12 11 12 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 6 12 12 11 17 14 8 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 20
  3. (collective plural, usually as folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents. Tags: collective, countable, plural, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-folk-en-noun-bWwtzRu2
  4. (music) Short for folk music. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: folk music Categories (topical): Music, Collectives
    Sense id: en-folk-en-noun-QUuz2~n7 Disambiguation of Collectives: 5 13 13 9 17 10 12 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Gaulish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Old Saxon translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scots translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with West Frisian translations, West Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 16 19 9 8 1 11 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 14 17 15 7 4 10 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 8 14 15 11 10 4 11 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 5 12 12 11 17 15 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 12 12 11 17 14 8 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 6 11 11 9 18 15 7 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 8 14 17 12 8 5 11 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 14 17 12 8 5 11 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 6 13 12 11 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Gaulish translations: 8 14 15 11 9 5 11 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 14 16 13 9 5 11 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 12 12 10 18 16 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 14 17 13 7 4 11 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 8 15 17 12 8 4 11 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 12 14 9 11 4 9 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 8 14 16 12 10 4 11 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 6 13 12 11 17 14 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 11 13 15 9 14 2 9 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Saxon translations: 6 11 11 10 17 13 7 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 7 12 13 11 6 2 8 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 13 13 12 17 14 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 12 11 12 16 16 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 15 17 12 8 4 11 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Scots translations: 6 13 13 10 15 12 9 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 6 12 12 10 16 15 8 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 6 12 11 10 16 17 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 15 17 12 7 3 11 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 12 12 11 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 6 12 11 12 17 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 6 12 12 11 17 14 8 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 6 12 11 10 17 17 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 7 11 10 9 16 13 8 25 Disambiguation of West Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 2 0 1 2 4 4 2 3 2 2 6 3 3 2 0 2 1 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 4 3 1 3 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 3 6 3 8 1 0 0 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vok, volk, volge, volke [dialectal] Related terms: Folketing, landfolk, Norfolk, Suffolk, volk
Derived forms: adfolk, alms-folk, almsfolk, anti-folk, avant-folk, beaker folk, blackfolk, Britfolk, businessfolk, chairfolk, Chinese folk religion, cisfolk, clansfolk, commonfolk, congressfolk, countryfolk, cunning folk, doom folk, electrofolk, elfenfolk, elfinfolk, elle-folk, elvenfolk, fairy folk, feathered folk, fieldfolk, finfolk, fisherfolk, folkadelic, folk art, folk-blues, folkcraft, folk culture, folk dance, folk dancer, folk dancing, folk devil, folkdom, folker, folk-etymologically, folk etymologist, folk-etymologize, folkfree, folkgame, folk hero, folk-hero, folk horror, folk house, folkie, folk illness, folkish, folkland, folklife, folklike, folk-like, folk linguistics, folklore, folk-lore, folkly, folk-medicine, folk memory, folk-metal, folk metal, folkmoot, folk music, folk name, folknik, folk-punk, folk punk, folkred, folk religion, folk religionist, folkright, folk-rocker, folk-rock, folk rock, folk singer, folksinger, folksinging, folk song, folksonomy, folkster, folk story, folkstyle, folksy, folktale, folk tale, folk taxonomy, folktronica, folkway, folk-way, folk way, folkweave, folky, freak folk, gayfolk, gentlefolk, good folk, grandfolk, grey folk, hackfolk, henchfolk, hillfolk, housefolk, indie folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, kithfolk, ladyfolk, landfolk, layfolk, little folk, lizard-folk, lizardfolk, menfolk, merfolk, neofolk, nonfolk, pseudofolk, psychedelic folk, psych folk, ratfolk, rat-folk, regular folk, seafolk, shopfolk, showfolk, skinfolk, smallfolk, snowfolk, straightfolk, streetfolk, there's nowt so queer as folk, townfolk, townsfolk, tradesfolk, transfolk, turbo-folk, wee folk, wee folks, whitefolk, womenfolk, workfolk, wyrd folk, yachtsfolk, youngfolk, folk etymology, folk medicine

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:",
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          "ref": "1907, Race Prejudice, Jean Finot, page 251",
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          "nation",
          "nation"
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          "region",
          "region"
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          "native"
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        "(countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "countable"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations",
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        {
          "text": "There were a lot of folk in the streets.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Young folk, old folk, everybody come / To our little Sunday School, and have a lot of fun.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:",
          "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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      "glosses": [
        "People, persons."
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          "People",
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        ],
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          "persons",
          "persons"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(collective plural) People, persons."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "countable",
        "plural",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I need to call my folks back home.",
          "type": "example"
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        "One’s relatives, especially one’s parents."
      ],
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        [
          "folks",
          "folks#English"
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          "relative",
          "relative"
        ],
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          "parent",
          "parent"
        ]
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        "(collective plural, usually as folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents."
      ],
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        "as folks"
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        "collective",
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        "usually"
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "folk music"
        }
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        "English short forms",
        "en:Music"
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      "glosses": [
        "Short for folk music."
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        [
          "music",
          "music"
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          "folk music",
          "folk music#English"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) Short for folk music."
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      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
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        "uncountable"
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/fəʊk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/foʊk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/foʊlk/",
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        "General-American",
        "nonstandard"
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      "audio": "En-us-folk.ogg",
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      "rhymes": "-əʊk"
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    {
      "word": "vok"
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    {
      "word": "volk"
    },
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      "word": "volge"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "žoġovurd",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "ժողովուրդ"
    },
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "naród",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "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"
      ],
      "word": "pobo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xente"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "cel-gau",
      "lang": "Gaulish",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "touta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "Volk"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "nép"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "autoctono"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "abitante"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "populus"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "habitans"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "vivens"
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    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "folk"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "folk"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "befolkning"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "folc"
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    {
      "code": "osx",
      "lang": "Old Saxon",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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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"
      ],
      "word": "povo"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naród",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "наро́д"
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    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "fowk"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "pueblo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "gente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "folk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "halk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "ulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "millet"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naród",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "inhabitants of a region",
      "word": "folk"
    }
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}

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    "Terms with Galician translations",
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
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    "Terms with Slovak translations",
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    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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    {
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      "word": "شَعْبِيّ"
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      "word": "ժողովրդական"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "naródny",
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      "word": "наро́дны"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "naróden",
      "sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
      "word": "наро́ден"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "populaire"
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      "word": "Volks-"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
      "word": "nép-"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "народен"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "ludowy"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular",
      "word": "наро́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "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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      "code": "sk",
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      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous",
      "word": "népi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "ludowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous",
      "word": "popularny"
    },
    {
      "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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