"folksy" meaning in English

See folksy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: folksier [comparative], more folksy [comparative], folksiest [superlative], most folksy [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊksi Etymology: folks + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|folks|y}} folks + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} folksy (comparative folksier or more folksy, superlative folksiest or most folksy)
  1. Characteristic of simple country life. Translations (characteristic of simple country life): kansanomainen (Finnish), rustique (French), campagnard (French), volkstümlich (German), λαϊκότροπος (laïkótropos) (Greek), простонародный (prostonarodnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-folksy-en-adj-9MJIdnk4 Disambiguation of 'characteristic of simple country life': 100 0
  2. Informal, affable and familiar. Synonyms (affable and familiar): chummy Translations (informal: affable and familiar): 友好 (yǒuhǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 和氣 (Chinese Mandarin), 和气 (héqì) (Chinese Mandarin), lupsakka (Finnish), gesellig (German), umgänglich (German), locker (German)
    Sense id: en-folksy-en-adj-oW0-7Bhe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 6 94 Disambiguation of 'affable and familiar': 1 99 Disambiguation of 'informal: affable and familiar': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: folkish, folkishness, folksiness, just folks

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for folksy meaning in English (3.2kB)

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      "word": "gesellig"
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      "sense": "informal: affable and familiar",
      "word": "umgänglich"
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