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Meanings of folk in English

Portuguese
música folclórica
Catalan
música folk
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The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community.

        música folclórica
        Portuguese
        família
        Catalan
        línia familiar
        Spanish
        linaje

        People descended from a common ancestor.

            família
            Portuguese
            vulgo
            Catalan
            poble
            Spanish
            pueblo

            People in general (often used in the plural)

                  vulgo
                  Portuguese
                  tribo
                  Catalan
                  tribu
                  Spanish
                  tribu

                  A social division of (usually preliterate) people.

                        tribo
                        Usage of folk in English
                        1
                        Of course, some folk might want to adopt only healthy baby critters.
                        A Wiccan Bible
                        2
                        Here was solitude indeed; a dozen neighbours in all, simple labouring folk:
                        The Quest of the Simple Life
                        3
                        New summer folk, he says, should bring their own help with them.
                        Reuters
                        4
                        Can you imagine what the good folk of Mystique would have said?
                        Dead air
                        5
                        Particular interests are looked to, not the general well-being of the folk.
                        William of Germany
                        6
                        In Ireland the following folk-beliefs obtain regarding the ass and the cow:-
                        The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought / Studies of the Activit...
                        7
                        They are dangerous people, and wise folk steer well clear of them.
                        The Wise Man’s Fear
                        8
                        They've a right to live, same as other folk,' he said loudly.
                        The lord of the rings
                        9
                        Some folk think a stranger can't hardly know the time of day.
                        The Wise Man’s Fear
                        10
                        The good folk of Melbourne seem to think this is something special.
                        News.com.au
                        11
                        And where will the good folk from Sport New Zealand be then?
                        Radio NZ
                        12
                        Things they do as a matter of course would chill normal folk.
                        Karen Memory
                        13
                        Many fine folk were spitting feathers at Saturday's result, writes Killian Doyle.
                        The Irish Times
                        14
                        However, if folk want to boo players, then they're more than entitled.
                        Radio NZ
                        15
                        Simple folk avoided speaking of the place save in a hushed whisper.
                        South Wind
                        16
                        However, his lasting contribution to the Irish folk canon occasionally went unheralded.
                        The Irish Times
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