folk song

See also: folksong

English

Alternative forms

• folksong

Etymology

folk +‎ song

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.
2. (music, uncountable) folk music
   • 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 190:

     Before my father, Hasidic music was mere folksong. He raised it to the level of art.

3. (music) A song in the style of folk music, a modern genre of popular music.

Related terms

• folk music

Translations

song originating among the working people

• Arabic: أُغْنِيَّة شَعْبِيَّة f (ʔuḡniyya šaʕbiyya)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 民歌 (man⁴ go¹)

  Mandarin: 民歌 (zh) (míngē), 民謠／民谣 (zh) (mínyáo), 歌謠／歌谣 (zh) (gēyáo)

• Cornish: kan werin f
• Finnish: kansanlaulu (fi)
• French: chanson populaire f
• Galician: canción popular f, cántiga (gl) f
• Georgian: ხალხური სიმღერა (xalxuri simɣera)
• German: Volkslied (de) n
• Hindi: लोकगीत m (lokgīt)
• Hungarian: népdal (hu)
• Japanese: 民謡 (ja) (みんよう, min'yō), フォークソング (fōkusongu), 歌謡 (ja) (かよう, kayō)
• Korean: 민요(民謠) (ko) (minyo), 포크송 (pokeusong), 가요 (ko) (gayo)
• Latvian: tautas dziesma f
• Polish: piosenka ludowa f
• Russian: наро́дная пе́сня f (naródnaja pésnja)
• Swedish: folksång (sv) c, folkvisa (sv) c
• Turkish: türkü (tr), halk şarkısı
• Vietnamese: dân ca (vi) (民歌)

song in this style

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民歌 (zh) (míngē)

• Finnish: folk-kappale
• German: Folksong m
• Karakalpak: halıq qosıg'ı
• Russian: наро́дная пе́сня f (naródnaja pésnja)
• Swedish: folksång (sv) c
• Vietnamese: dân ca (vi) (民歌)

See also

• Wikipedia has an article on Folk music