folklore
The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic populationThe tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.
» Sami said that it was just folklore.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.
Volkstradition, Volksüberlieferung, Volkskunde
фолькло́рfolʹklór
фолькло́рfolʹklór
(broadly, countable, uncountable)The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community.
(countable, slang, uncountable)The collective of proofs or techniques which are widely known among mathematicians, but have never been formally published.
- the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
Examples
22 sentencesSami said that it was just folklore.
There are speaking animals in all peoples' folklore.
ruВ фольклоре всех народов есть говорящие животные.
Island folklore still recounts the story of the raft.
The otter features in mythology and folklore across the world.
Gabor is familiar with the rich folklore of the island.
Translations
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Forms
plural: folkloresWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable