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- Dictionaryfolk/fəʊk/
noun
- 1. people in general: informal "some folk will do anything for money" Similar
- 2. folk music: "a mixture of folk and reggae"
adjective
- 1. relating to the traditional art or culture of a community or nation: "a revival of interest in folk customs"
- 2. relating to folk music: "a folk club"
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FOLK definition: 1. people, especially those of a particular group or type: 2. used when speaking informally to a…. Learn more.
FOLK meaning: 1. people, especially those of a particular group or type: 2. used when speaking informally to a…. Learn more.
: the great proportion of the members of a people that determines the group character and that tends to preserve its characteristic form of civilization and its customs, arts and crafts, legends, traditions, and superstitions from generation to generation. archaic : a group of kindred tribes forming a nation : people.
Folk definition: people in general. See examples of FOLK used in a sentence.
Folk music is music which is traditional or typical of a particular community or nation. ...Irish folk music. Folk is also a noun. ...a variety of music including classical, jazz, and folk. Folk can be used to describe something that relates to the beliefs and opinions of ordinary people. Jack was a folk hero in the Greenwich Village bars.
[plural] people from a particular country or region, or who have a particular way of life. Culture folk music and songs relate to the lives of ordinary people in past centuries; others tell of famous love stories or celebrate nature. The sung by everyone present.
FOLK definition: 1. people: 2. someone's parents: 3. folk music. Learn more.
Folk are regular people. Country folk can be suspicious of fancy city people, while city folk tend to act a little snobby toward country dwellers. The plural form of this word, folks, is often used for groups of ordinary people.
The common people of a society or region considered as the representatives of a traditional way of life and especially as the originators or carriers of the customs, beliefs, and arts that make up a distinctive culture: a leader who came from the folk. b. Archaic A nation; a people.
Definition of folk adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. (of art, culture, etc.) traditional and typical of the ordinary people of a country or community. We visited an exhibition of folk art. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
