See folk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "folk",
"tags": [
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "folk or folks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
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"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Often, doctors have difficulty explaining things to ordinary folk like me."
},
{
"text": "Lots of folks are worried about their jobs."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Folk are people."
],
"id": "simple-folk-en-noun-rvNhXNqF",
"raw_tags": [
"plural only"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm not sure if I can get the car. I'll have to ask my folks."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Your folks are your parents."
],
"id": "simple-folk-en-noun-011k7YXw",
"raw_tags": [
"plural only"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "I remember reading about him in a collection of folk tales."
},
{
"text": "The children are learning Russian folk songs in school."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Folk music, dance, art, etc., is traditional and belongs to the ordinary people."
],
"id": "simple-folk-en-noun-2wzPma1N",
"raw_tags": [
"usually before another noun"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fəʊk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/foʊk/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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"audio": "en-us-folk.ogg",
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],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"word": "folk"
}
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},
{
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}
],
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Often, doctors have difficulty explaining things to ordinary folk like me."
},
{
"text": "Lots of folks are worried about their jobs."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Folk are people."
],
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"plural only"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm not sure if I can get the car. I'll have to ask my folks."
}
],
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"Your folks are your parents."
],
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"plural only"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "I remember reading about him in a collection of folk tales."
},
{
"text": "The children are learning Russian folk songs in school."
}
],
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"Folk music, dance, art, etc., is traditional and belongs to the ordinary people."
],
"raw_tags": [
"usually before another noun"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fəʊk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/foʊk/",
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"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-folk.ogg",
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"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "folk"
}
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