Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Any dance traditionally performed by the common people of a specific region.

    Volkstanz

    наро́дный та́нецnaródnyj tánec

More definitions
  • a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Do you like folk dancing?

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  2. Mary just started a folk dancing class.

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  3. "I made up a folk dance." "I don't think it works that way."

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  4. "I made up a folk dance." "I don't think it works like that."

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  5. I don't want to hold hands with a boy in a folk dance.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
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Forms

plural: folk dances
Singularfolk dance
Pluralfolk dances

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts):folk dancing

Word family

2 related words

See also

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