Meaning

3 senses
  1. (collective, countable, plural, uncountable)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.

    people in general (often used in the plural)

  2. (collective, countable, plural, uncountable, usually)One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.

    I need to call my folks back home.

  3. (archaic, countable)A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

    Volk

    наро́дnaród

    наро́дnaród

Examples

190 sentences
  1. I'm very interested in folk music.

    Мене дуже цікавить народна музика. — deniko

    deIch interessiere mich sehr für Volksmusik. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I'll be right back, folks.

    Народе, я хутко повернуся. — deniko

  3. Folks, it's time I was leaving.

    Хлопці, мені вже час йти. — deniko

    ruРебята, мне пора. — Dorenda

  4. I like folk songs.

    Мені подобаються народні пісні. — deniko

    ruЯ люблю народные песни. — Selena777

    deIch mag Volkslieder. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Do you like folk music?

    Ти любиш народну музику? — deniko

    deMagst du Volksmusik? — Yorwba

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
inhabitants of a region:
Русский
By meaning 1
inhabitants of a region:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
inhabitants of a region:

Origin

From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Prot

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

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Forms

plural: folks

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

135 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • folk songs
  • folk music
  • like folk music
  • like folk

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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