Island folklore still recounts the story of the raft.
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Folklore
//ˈfoʊk.lɔːɹ//
Synonyms for "folklore" (30 found)
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Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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12 entriesderived from
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13 entriesTranslations
110 translations across 75 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- folklor noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Arabic
4 entries- فُلْكُلُور noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- فُلْكْلُور noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- فُولْكُلُور noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- فُولْكْلُور noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Armenian
3 entries- բանահյուսական noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- բանահյուսություն noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- ֆոլկլոր noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- folklor noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- xəlqiyyat noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Basque
1 entries- folklore noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Belarusian
2 entries- фалькло́р noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- фальклёр noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Bengali
2 entries- উপকথা noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- লোকাচারবিদ্যা noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Bulgarian
1 entries- фолкло́р noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- фолкло́р noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Catalan
1 entries- folklore noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Chinese
1 entries- 民俗 noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 民俗 noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 民俗 noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Czech
1 entries- folklór noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Danish
1 entries- folklore noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Dutch
1 entries- folklore noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Esperanto
1 entries- folkloro noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Estonian
2 entries- folkloor noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- rahvaluule noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Finnish
1 entries- kansanperinne noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
French
1 entries- folklore noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Galician
1 entries- folclore noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Georgian
1 entries- ფოლკლორი noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
German
4 entries- Folklore noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- Volkskunde noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- Volkstradition noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- Volksüberlieferung noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Greek
2 entries- λαογραφία noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- λαϊκή παράδοση noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Hebrew
1 entries- פוֹלְקְלוֹר noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Hindi
1 entries- लोकसाहित्य noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Hungarian
2 entries- folklór noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- néphagyomány noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Icelandic
3 entries- alþýðumenning noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- þjóðmenning noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- þjóðtrú noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Indonesian
2 entries- cerita rakyat noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- folklor noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Ingrian
1 entries- foljklora noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- فولْکُلور noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- فَرْهَنْگِ عامِّه noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- فَرْهَنْگِ مَرْدُم noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Irish
1 entries- béaloideas noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Italian
1 entries- folclore noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Japanese
3 entries- 伝承 noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- 民俗 noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- 民話 noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Kazakh
1 entries- фольклор noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Khmer
1 entries- រឿងព្រេង noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Korean
2 entries- 민속 noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- 민화 noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- фольклор noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Lao
1 entries- ນິຍາຽ noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Latvian
2 entries- folklora noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- garamantas noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Limburgish
1 entries- vólksleirn noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Lithuanian
1 entries- folkloras noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Macedonian
1 entries- фолклор noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Malagasy
2 entries- angano noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- arira noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Malay
2 entries- budaya rakyat noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- cerita rakyat noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Mizo
1 entries- thurochun noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Mongolian
2 entries- аман зохиол noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- ардын аман зохиол noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- folklor noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- folklore noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Pashto
1 entries- فولکلور noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Polish
2 entries- folklor noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- tradycja ludowa noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Portuguese
1 entries- folclore noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Romanian
1 entries- folclor noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Russian
1 entries- фолькло́р noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- beul-aithris noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- fòlklōr noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- фо̀лкло̄р noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ජනප්රවාද noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Slovak
1 entries- folklór noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Slovene
1 entries- folklor noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Spanish
4 entries- demosofía noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- folclor noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- folclore noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- folklor noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Swahili
1 entries- hadithi za kale noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Swedish
1 entries- folklore noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Tagalog
1 entries- kuwentong bayan noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Tajik
1 entries- фолклор noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Tatar
1 entries- фольклор noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Thai
3 entries- คติชน noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- คติชาวบ้าน noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- นิทาน noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Turkish
1 entries- folklor noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Turkmen
1 entries- folklor noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Ukrainian
1 entries- фолькло́р noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Urdu
1 entries- لوک کَہانی noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Uyghur
1 entries- فولكلور noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Uzbek
2 entries- boboso’z noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
- folklor noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Vietnamese
1 entries- văn học dân gian noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 民俗 noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאָלקלאָר noun (tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
He compiled a Japanese folklore anthology for use in schools.
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Irish folklore has it that there is a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow.
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In Japanese folklore, bakeneko are cats with magical powers.
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