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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024folk /foʊk/USA pronunciation n. - Usually, folks. [plural* used with a plural verb] people in general:Some folks simply won't take "no'' for an answer.
- SociologyOften, folks. [plural* used with a plural verb] people of a specified class or group:Country folk are usually friendly.
- Sociology people as the carriers of culture:[plural* used with a plural verb]The folk are the bearers of oral tradition.
- Informal Terms folks, [plural]
- members of one's family;
one's relatives:My wife's folks had a big reunion. - one's parents:My folks won't let me go to the dance.
adj. [before a noun] - Sociologyof or coming from the common people:folk dances; folk songs;folk art.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024folk (fōk),USA pronunciation n. - Usually, folks. (used with a pl. v.) people in general:Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
- SociologyOften, folks. (used with a pl. v.) people of a specified class or group:country folk; poor folks.
- Sociology(used with a pl. v.) people as the carriers of culture, esp. as representing the composite of social mores, customs, forms of behavior, etc., in a society:The folk are the bearers of oral tradition.
- Informal Terms folks:
- members of one's family;
one's relatives:All his folks come from France. - one's parents:Will your folks let you go?
- [Archaic.]a people or tribe.
- Informal Terms, Idioms just folks, (of persons) simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, or open-hearted people:He enjoyed visiting his grandparents because they were just folks.
adj. - Sociologyof or originating among the common people:folk beliefs; a folk hero.
- Sociologyhaving unknown origins and reflecting the traditional forms of a society:folk culture; folk art.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English folc; cognate with Old Saxon, Old Norse folk, Old High German folk (German Volk)
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged kinfolk, kin, relations, people; clan, tribe.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: folk /fəʊk/ n ( pl folk, folks)- (functioning as plural; often plural in form) people in general, esp those of a particular group or class: country 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 country: a folk song
Etymology: Old English folc; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse, Old High German folkˈfolkish adj |