folk — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
folk is used for these senses in English:
- folk (countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
- folk music Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms.
- people (countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
- people The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
folk — full definition
- adj Belonging to or originating from ordinary people, their traditions, and their culture, rather than experts or elites.
- noun A genre of traditional or traditionally-styled music, often acoustic and rooted in a particular culture.
people — full definition
- noun Human beings in general, or the men, women and children of a particular group, place or nation.
- verb To fill a place with inhabitants; to populate.
- verb To interact socially with others.