Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.

    Volkstradition, Volksüberlieferung, Volkskunde

    фолькло́рfolʹklór

    фолькло́рfolʹklór

  2. (broadly, countable, uncountable)The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community.

  3. (countable, slang, uncountable)The collective of proofs or techniques which are widely known among mathematicians, but have never been formally published.

More definitions
  • the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Sami said that it was just folklore.

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  2. There are speaking animals in all peoples' folklore.

    ruВ фольклоре всех народов есть говорящие животные.

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  3. Island folklore still recounts the story of the raft.

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  4. The otter features in mythology and folklore across the world.

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  5. Gabor is familiar with the rich folklore of the island.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population:
Deutsch
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tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population:
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