Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - folk
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Folk
folk
~1 n 1 folks plural a) especially AmE your parents and family (Is it OK if I call my folks? | the folks back home) (Wait till the folks back home hear about this!) b) used when addressing a group of people in a friendly way (That's all for now, folks.) c) AmE people (Folks around here don't take too kindly to strangers.) 2 country folk/farming folk/fisher folk etc literary people who live in a particular area or do a particular kind of work (simple country folk) 3 BrE old-fashioned people (young folk/old folk) (Young folk these days don't know the meaning of work.) 4 folk music ~2 adj only before noun 1 folk art, stories, customs etc are traditional and typical of the ordinary people who live in a particular area (folk tales | an old Spanish folk song) 2 folk science/psychology/wisdom etc science etc that is based on simple ideas that ordinary people can understand and does not involve a high level of technical knowledge 3 folk medicine/remedy a traditional type of medical treatment that uses plants etc rather than modern scientific methods
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(folks) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: 'folk' can also be used as the plural form for meaning 1. 1. You can refer to people as folk or folks. Country folk can tell you that there are certain places which animals avoid... ...old folks. = people N-PLURAL: usu with supp 2. You can refer to your close family, especially your mother and father, as your folks. (INFORMAL) I’ve been avoiding my folks lately. N-PLURAL: usu poss N 3. You can use folks as a term of address when you are talking to several people. (INFORMAL) This is it, folks: the best record guide in the business. N-VOC 4. Folk art and customs are traditional or typical of a particular community or nation. ...traditional Chinese folk medicine. ADJ: ADJ n 5. Folk music is music which is traditional or typical of a particular community or nation. ...Irish folk music. ADJ: ADJ n • Folk is also a noun. ...a variety of music including classical, jazz, and folk. N-UNCOUNT 6. Folk can be used to describe something that relates to the beliefs and opinions of ordinary people. Jack was a folk hero in the Greenwich Village bars... ADJ: ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English folc; akin to Old High German folc people Date: before 12th century 1. archaic a group of kindred tribes forming a nation ; people 2. the great proportion of the members of a people that determines the group character and that tends to preserve its characteristic form of civilization and its customs, arts and crafts, legends, traditions, and superstitions from generation to generation 3. plural a certain kind, class, or group of people old ~s just plain ~ country ~ media ~ 4. plural people generally 5. ~s plural the persons of one's own family; especially parents 6. ~ music II. adjective Date: before 12th century 1. originating or traditional with the common people of a country or region and typically reflecting their lifestyle ~ hero ~ music 2. of or relating to the common people or to the study of the common people ~ sociology ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. folk or folks) 1 (treated as pl.) people in general or of a specified class (few folk about; townsfolk). 2 (in pl.) (usu. folks) one's parents or relatives. 3 (treated as sing.) a people. 4 (treated as sing.) colloq. traditional music. 5 (attrib.) of popular origin; traditional (folk art). Phrases and idioms folk-dance 1 a dance of popular origin. 2 the music for such a dance. folk etymology a popular modifying of the form of a word or phrase to make it seem to be derived from a more familiar word (e.g. forlorn hope). folk memory recollection of the past persisting among a people. folk-singer a singer of folk-songs. folk-song a song of popular or traditional origin or style. folk-tale a popular or traditional story. folk-ways the traditional behaviour of a people. Etymology: OE folc f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. собир. употр. с гл. во мн. ч.: люди, народ country folk —- сельское население, сельские жители old folk —- старики young folk —- молодежь poor folk —- бедняки, бедный люд rich folk —- богачи 2. pl. люди fine folks —- разг. знать just folks —- разг. (простые) люди; люди как люди 3. pl. разг. родня, родные, родственники my folks —- мои, моя родня, мои близкие the old folks at home —- старики, родители 4. уст. народ, народность, племя 5. pl. диал. друзья, близкие знакомые 6. народная песня 7. фольк (поп-музыка, основанная на народных мелодиях) Id: idle folks lack no excuses —- у лодырей всегда оправдание найдется ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) (употр. с гл. во мн. ч.) люди old folk - старики rich folk - богачи my folks coll. - родня the old folks at home - старики, родители 2) obs. народ 3) attr. народный Syn: nation, people, race, tribe FOLK art народное искусство ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. folc "common people, army, tribe, multitude," from P.Gmc. *folkan. Folklore coined by antiquarian W.J. Thoms as an Anglo-Saxonism (replacing popular antiquaries) and first published in the "Athenaeum" of Aug. 22, 1846. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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