folksy

English

Etymology

folks +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊksi

Adjective

folksy (comparative folksier or more folksy, superlative folksiest or most folksy)

1. Characteristic of simple country life.
2. Informal, affable and familiar.

Synonyms

• (affable and familiar): chummy

Related terms

• folkish
• folkishness
• folksiness

 

Translations

characteristic of simple country life

• Finnish: kansanomainen (fi)
• French: rustique (fr), campagnard (fr)
• German: volkstümlich (de)
• Greek: λαϊκότροπος (el) (laïkótropos)
• Russian: простонародный (ru) (prostonarodnyj)

informal: affable and familiar

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 友好 (zh) (yǒuhǎo), 和氣／和气 (zh) (héqì)

• Finnish: lupsakka (fi)
• German: gesellig (de), umgänglich (de), locker (de)

See also

• just folks