folk
[ fohk ]
/ foʊk /
noun
adjective
of or originating among the common people: folk beliefs; a folk hero.
having unknown origins and reflecting the traditional forms of a society: folk culture; folk art.
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RELATED WORDS
community, group, public, family, people, lineage, tribe, settlement, proletariat, house, masses, kindred, nation, society, state, race, kin, nationality, clan, population
Nearby words
foliolate, foliole, foliose, folium, folivore, folk, folk art, folk dance, folk etymology, folk linguistics, folk magic
Idioms
just folks, Informal. (of persons) simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, or open-hearted people: He enjoyed visiting his grandparents because they were just folks.
Origin of folk
before 900; Middle English; Old English folc; cognate with Old Saxon, Old Norse folk, Old High German folk (German Volk)
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folk
/ (fəʊk) /
noun plural folk or folks
(functioning as plural; often plural in form) people in general, esp those of a particular group or classcountry folk
(functioning as plural; usually plural in form) informal members of a family
(functioning as singular) informal short for folk music
a people or tribe
(modifier) relating to, originating from, or traditional to the common people of a countrya folk song
Derived Forms
folkish, adjectivefolkishness, nounWord Origin for folk
Old English folc; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse, Old High German folk
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Idioms and Phrases with folk
folk
see just folks.
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