folk
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəʊk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /foʊk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊk
AdjectiveEdit
folk (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
- Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
- (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
- Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous.
- folk psychology; folk linguistics
NounEdit
folk (plural folk or folks)
- (archaic) A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.
- J. R. Green
- The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war.
- J. R. Green
- The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
- 1907, Race Prejudice, Jean Finot, page 251:
- We thus arrive at a most unexpected imbroglio. The French have become a Germanic folk and the Germanic folk have become Gaulish!
- 1907, Race Prejudice, Jean Finot, page 251:
- (plural only, plural: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
- (music) Folk music.
- (plural only) People in general.
- Young folk, old folk, everybody come, / To our little Sunday School and have a lot of fun.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]:
- “[…] 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. […]”
- (plural only) A particular group of people.
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from the adjective or noun folk
Related termsEdit
Terms etymologically related to folk
- volk (dialectal)
TranslationsEdit
inhabitants of a region
Further readingEdit
- "folk" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 136.
DanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse fólk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
folk n (singular definite folket, plural indefinite folk)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of folk
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From English folk (“folk music”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
folk c (singular definite folken, not used in plural form)
- folk music (contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music)
See alsoEdit
folk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
folk
- (music) folk, folk music
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of folk (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | folk | folkit | |
| genitive | folkin | folkien | |
| partitive | folkia | folkeja | |
| illative | folkiin | folkeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | folk | folkit | |
| accusative | nom. | folk | folkit |
| gen. | folkin | ||
| genitive | folkin | folkien | |
| partitive | folkia | folkeja | |
| inessive | folkissa | folkeissa | |
| elative | folkista | folkeista | |
| illative | folkiin | folkeihin | |
| adessive | folkilla | folkeilla | |
| ablative | folkilta | folkeilta | |
| allative | folkille | folkeille | |
| essive | folkina | folkeina | |
| translative | folkiksi | folkeiksi | |
| instructive | — | folkein | |
| abessive | folkitta | folkeitta | |
| comitative | — | folkeineen | |
CompoundsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse fólk, folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.
NounEdit
folk n (definite singular folket, indefinite plural folk, definite plural folka or folkene)
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from folk
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “folk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
folk n (definite singular folket, indefinite plural folk, definite plural folka)
- people
- Folk er rare.
- People are strange.
- Nordmennene er eit rart folk.
- The Norwegians are a strange people.
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from folk
ReferencesEdit
- “folk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *fulką.
NounEdit
folk n
DeclensionEdit
Declension of folk (neuter strong a-stem)
DescendantsEdit
- Dutch: volk
Old FrisianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- fulk,
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *fulką.
NounEdit
folk n
DeclensionEdit
Declension of folk (neuter a-stem)
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | folk | folk |
| accusative | folk | folk |
| genitive | folkes | folka |
| dative | folke | folkum, folkem |
DescendantsEdit
Old SaxonEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *fulką.
NounEdit
folk n
DeclensionEdit
Declension of folk (neuter a-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | folk | folk |
| accusative | folk | folk |
| genitive | folkes | folkō |
| dative | folke | folkun |
| instrumental | — | — |
DescendantsEdit
- Middle Low German: volk
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
folk m (uncountable)
- (music) folk music (contemporary music in traditional style)
SynonymsEdit
ScotsEdit
SpanishEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse fólk, folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.
PronunciationEdit
audio (file)
NounEdit
folk n
- (uncountable) people in general, humans
- a people, a nation; in compounds referring to local or national traditions (folklore), national institutions (folkhem) or international relations (folkrätt)
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of folk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | folk | folket | folk | folken |
| Genitive | folks | folkets | folks | folkens |
CompoundsEdit
Terms derived from folk