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A song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians, and handed down by oral tradition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Antonyms: none provided
folk music
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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A song in the style of folk music, a modern genre of popular music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: folksong, folk ballad
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: song, vocal, folk music, ethnic music, folk
Narrower terms: blues, fado
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
أُغْنِيَّة شَعْبِيَّة
(ʔuḡniyya šaʕbiyya)
— song originating among the working people
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Belarusian:
наро́дная пе́сня
(naródnaja pjésnja)
— song originating among the working people
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Bulgarian:
наро́дна пе́сен
(naródna pésen)
— song originating among the working people
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Chinese Cantonese:
民歌
— song originating among the working people
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Chinese Mandarin:
民歌
(míngē)
— song originating among the working people
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Chinese Mandarin:
民謠 /民谣
(mínyáo)
— song originating among the working people
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Chinese Mandarin:
歌謠 /歌谣
(gēyáo)
— song originating among the working people
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Cornish:
kan werin
— song originating among the working people
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Czech:
lidová píseň
— song originating among the working people
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Estonian:
rahvalaul
— song originating among the working people
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Finnish:
kansanlaulu
— song originating among the working people
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French:
chanson populaire
— song originating among the working people
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Galician:
canción popular
— song originating among the working people
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Galician:
cántiga
— song originating among the working people
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Georgian:
ხალხური სიმღერა
(xalxuri simɣera)
— song originating among the working people
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German:
Volkslied
— song originating among the working people
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Gujarati:
લોકગીત
(lokgīt)
— song originating among the working people
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Hindi:
लोकगीत
(lokgīt)
— song originating among the working people
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Hungarian:
népdal
— song originating among the working people
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Italian:
canto popolare
— song originating among the working people
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Japanese:
民謡
(min'yō)
— song originating among the working people
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Japanese:
フォークソング
(fōkusongu)
— song originating among the working people
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Japanese:
歌謡
(kayō)
— song originating among the working people
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Korean:
민요
(minyo)
— song originating among the working people
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Korean:
포크송
(pokeusong)
— song originating among the working people
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Korean:
가요
(gayo)
— song originating among the working people
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Latvian:
tautas dziesma
— song originating among the working people
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Macedonian:
народна песна
(narodna pesna)
— song originating among the working people
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Polish:
piosenka ludowa
— song originating among the working people
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Russian:
наро́дная пе́сня
(naródnaja pésnja)
— song originating among the working people
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Slovak:
ľudová pieseň
— song originating among the working people
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Slovene:
ljudska pesem
— song originating among the working people
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Spanish:
canción popular
— song originating among the working people
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Swedish:
folksång
— song originating among the working people
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Swedish:
folkvisa
— song originating among the working people
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Turkish:
türkü
— song originating among the working people
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Turkish:
halk şarkısı
— song originating among the working people
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Ottoman Turkish:
تركی
(türkü)
— song originating among the working people
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Ukrainian:
наро́дна пі́сня
(naródna písnja)
— song originating among the working people
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Vietnamese:
dân ca
— song originating among the working people
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Chinese Mandarin:
民歌
(míngē)
— song in this style
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Finnish:
folk-kappale
— song in this style
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German:
Folksong
— song in this style
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Karakalpak:
halıq qosıg'ı
— song in this style
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Polish:
piosenka ludowa
— song in this style
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Russian:
наро́дная пе́сня
(naródnaja pésnja)
— song in this style
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Swedish:
folksång
— song in this style
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Vietnamese:
dân ca
— song in this style