Folk song

Synonyms for "folk song" (38 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

Strong matches (11)

Noun(6 words)
carolscontemporary folk tunefolk balladfolk inspired songfolk tunefolksong
chantchristmas caroldirgedittylay

Related words (19)

liedliltlove songnational anthemnoelserenadesongtheme songtorch song
Noun(8 words)
lullabymodern folk songperformingshenandoahsingingsongsspiritualtraditional song
Adjective(2 words)
strophic songtraditional ballad

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries
activityart formcultural artifactcultural practiceethnic musicfolkfolk musicmusical piecesongvocal

More specific

7 entries
balladcampfire songgroup singalonglullabynursery rhymesea shantysolo performance

Collocations

6 entries
ballad collectionfolk song collectionfolk song traditionold folk songsea shantytraditional folk song

Inflections

1 entries
folk songs

Derivations

3 entries
folk song anthologyfolk song collectionfolk songbook

Translations

7 translations across 7 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 民歌 noun (song in this style)

Finnish

1 entries
  • folk-kappale noun (song in this style)

German

1 entries
  • Folksong noun (song in this style)

Karakalpak

1 entries
  • halıq qosıg'ı noun (song in this style)

Russian

1 entries
  • наро́дная пе́сня noun (song in this style)

Swedish

1 entries
  • folksång noun (song in this style)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • dân ca noun (song in this style)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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Before my father, Hasidic music was mere folksong. He raised it to the level of art.

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