That folk singer is very popular with people in general.
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Folk
//fəʊk//
Synonyms for "folk" (121 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Synonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
153 entriesShowing 16 of 153 words.
has context
3 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
62 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- شَعْبِيّ adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
Armenian
2 entries- ժողովրդական adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
- ժողովուրդ noun (inhabitants of a region)
Belarusian
2 entries- наро́дны adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
- наро́д noun (inhabitants of a region)
Bulgarian
1 entries- наро́ден adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 民 adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
Czech
1 entries- lidový adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
Dutch
1 entries- volk noun (inhabitants of a region)
French
2 entries- populaire adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
- peuple noun (inhabitants of a region)
Galician
3 entries- grei noun (inhabitants of a region)
- pobo noun (inhabitants of a region)
- xente noun (inhabitants of a region)
Gaulish
1 entries- touta noun (inhabitants of a region)
Georgian
1 entries- ერი noun (inhabitants of a region)
German
2 entries- Volks adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
- Volk noun (inhabitants of a region)
Hungarian
4 entries- nép adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
- népi adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
- népi adj (believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous)
- népies adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
Italian
4 entries- abitante noun (inhabitants of a region)
- autoctono noun (inhabitants of a region)
- gente noun (inhabitants of a region)
- popolo noun (inhabitants of a region)
Latin
3 entries- habitans noun (inhabitants of a region)
- populus noun (inhabitants of a region)
- vivens noun (inhabitants of a region)
Macedonian
1 entries- народен adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
Middle English
1 entries- folk noun (inhabitants of a region)
Norwegian
2 entries- befolkning noun (inhabitants of a region)
- folk noun (inhabitants of a region)
Old English
1 entries- folc noun (inhabitants of a region)
Old Saxon
1 entries- folk noun (inhabitants of a region)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Volkj (nds) noun (inhabitants of a region)
Polish
4 entries- ludowy adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
- ludowy adj (believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous)
- popularny adj (believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous)
- zwyczajowy adj (believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous)
Portuguese
1 entries- povo noun (inhabitants of a region)
Russian
3 entries- наро́дный adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
- наро́дный adj (believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous)
- наро́д noun (inhabitants of a region)
Scots
1 entries- fowk noun (inhabitants of a region)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- národnī adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
- на́роднӣ adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
Slovak
1 entries- ľudový adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
Slovene
1 entries- ljȗdski adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
Spanish
2 entries- gente noun (inhabitants of a region)
- pueblo noun (inhabitants of a region)
Swedish
1 entries- folk noun (inhabitants of a region)
Turkish
3 entries- halk noun (inhabitants of a region)
- millet noun (inhabitants of a region)
- ulus noun (inhabitants of a region)
Ukrainian
2 entries- наро́дний adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
- наро́д noun (inhabitants of a region)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dân adj (of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported — see also vernacular)
West-Frisian
1 entries- folk noun (inhabitants of a region)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- koolinjerrk noun (inhabitants of a region)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I don't like all of these folk songs.
Source: tatoeba (253796)
This is out of the blue, but has everybody once felt 'looked down upon by young folk'?
Source: tatoeba (327883)
"Where's that superstition from?" "Call it folk wisdom."
Source: tatoeba (328315)
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