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Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ethnic music, folk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: popular music, popular music genre
Narrower terms: folk song, folksong, folk ballad, schottische, country music, country and western, C and W, gospel, gospel singing, square-dance music
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مُوسِيقَى فُلْكْلُورِيَّة
(mūsīqā fulklūriyya)
— music originating from a specific region
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Belarusian:
наро́дная му́зыка
(naródnaja múzyka)
— music originating from a specific region
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Belarusian:
фалькло́рная му́зыка
(falʹklórnaja múzyka)
— music originating from a specific region
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Belarusian:
фальклёрная му́зыка
(falʹkljórnaja múzyka)
— music originating from a specific region
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Bulgarian:
наро́дна му́зика
(naródna múzika)
— music originating from a specific region
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Bulgarian:
фолкло́рна му́зика
(folklórna múzika)
— music originating from a specific region
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Chinese Mandarin:
民間音樂 /民间音乐
(mínjiān yīnyuè)
— music originating from a specific region
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Czech:
lidová hudba
— music originating from a specific region
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Danish:
folkemusik
— music originating from a specific region
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Dutch:
volksmuziek
— music originating from a specific region
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Finnish:
kansanmusiikki
— music originating from a specific region
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French:
folk
— music originating from a specific region
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French:
musique folk
— music originating from a specific region
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West-Frisian:
folksmuzyk
— music originating from a specific region
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Georgian:
ხალხური მუსიკა
(xalxuri musiḳa)
— music originating from a specific region
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Georgian:
ფოლკ-მუსიკა
(polḳ-musiḳa)
— music originating from a specific region
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German:
Volksmusik
— music originating from a specific region
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Hungarian:
népzene
— music originating from a specific region
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Japanese:
民族音楽
(minzoku ongaku)
— music originating from a specific region
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Japanese:
フォークソング
(fōkusongu)
— music originating from a specific region
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Korean:
민속 음악
(minsok eumak)
— music originating from a specific region
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Korean:
포크송
(pokeusong)
— music originating from a specific region
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Manx:
kiaull çheerey
— music originating from a specific region
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Norwegian Bokmål:
folkemusikk
— music originating from a specific region
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
folkemusikk
— music originating from a specific region
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Polish:
muzyka ludowa
— music originating from a specific region
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Portuguese:
música tradicional
— music originating from a specific region
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Portuguese:
música folclórica
— music originating from a specific region
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Romanian:
muzică folk
— music originating from a specific region
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Romanian:
muzică populară
— music originating from a specific region
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Russian:
наро́дная му́зыка
(naródnaja múzyka)
— music originating from a specific region
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Russian:
фолькло́рная му́зыка
(folʹklórnaja múzyka)
— music originating from a specific region
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Scots:
fowk muisic
— music originating from a specific region
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Slovak:
ľudová hudba
— music originating from a specific region
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Spanish:
música folklórica
— music originating from a specific region
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Spanish:
folk música
— music originating from a specific region
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Swedish:
folkmusik
— music originating from a specific region
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Tagalog:
musikang bayan
— music originating from a specific region
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Turkish:
halk müziği
— music originating from a specific region
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Ukrainian:
наро́дна му́зика
(naródna múzyka)
— music originating from a specific region
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Ukrainian:
фолькло́рна му́зика
(folʹklórna múzyka)
— music originating from a specific region
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Vietnamese:
dân ca
— music originating from a specific region
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Vietnamese:
nhạc dân gian
— music originating from a specific region
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Vietnamese:
âm nhạc dân gian
— music originating from a specific region
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Chinese Mandarin:
民間音樂 /民间音乐
(mínjiān yīnyuè)
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Dutch:
folk
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Dutch:
wereldmuziek
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Dutch:
folkmuziek
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Finnish:
etnomusiikki
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Finnish:
folkmusiikki
— contemporary music in traditional style
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West-Frisian:
folkmuzyk
— contemporary music in traditional style
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German:
Weltmusik
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Manx:
kiaull çheerey
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Polish:
folk
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Portuguese:
música folk
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Portuguese:
folk
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Romanian:
muzică folk
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Romanian:
muzică etno
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Romanian:
etno-muzică
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Russian:
фолк
(folk)
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Russian:
фолк-му́зыка
(folk-múzyka)
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Scots:
fowk muisic
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Scots:
folk muisic
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Swedish:
folkmusik
— contemporary music in traditional style
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Swedish:
folk
— contemporary music in traditional style