folk

noun · adjectiveA1

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noun

Plural noun:

folksvokvolkvolgevolke

1.
(archaic, countable)A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
We thus arrive at a most unexpected imbroglio. The French have become a Germanic folk and the Germanic folk have become Gaulish!
2.
(collective, countable, plural, uncountable)(collective plural) People, persons.
There were a lot of folk in the streets.
Young folk, old folk, everybody come / To our little Sunday School, and have a lot of fun.
3.
(collective, countable, plural, uncountable, usually)(collective plural, usually as folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
I need to call my folks back home.
4.
(abbreviation, alt of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)(music) Ellipsis of folk music.

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adjective

Comparative

vokvolk

Superlative

volgevolke

1.
(not comparable)Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
2.
(not comparable)Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
3.
(not comparable)(architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
4.
(not comparable)Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically or ideologically correct or rigorous.
folk psychology; folk linguistics

Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-gós, from *pleh₁- (to fill).