adj
Meaning 1
Characteristic of common folk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
folksy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /fəʊksi/
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General-American: /foʊksi/
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General-American, nonstandard: /foʊlksi/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -əʊksi
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CMU ARPABET: F OW1 K S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Characteristic of common folk.
Characteristic of simple country life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Characteristic of common folk.
Informal, affable, and familiar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: chummy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chummy
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
very informal and familiar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a folksy radio commentator
- a folksy style
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
characteristic of country life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- cracker-barrel philosophy
- folksy humor
- the air of homespun country boys
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cracker-barrel, homespun
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From folks + -y or folk + -sy.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kansanomainen — characteristic of simple country life
- French: rustique — characteristic of simple country life
- French: campagnard — characteristic of simple country life
- German: volkstümlich — characteristic of simple country life
- Greek: λαϊκότροπος (laïkótropos) — characteristic of simple country life
- Russian: простонародный (prostonarodnyj) — characteristic of simple country life
- Chinese Mandarin: 友好 (yǒuhǎo) — informal: affable and familiar
- Chinese Mandarin: 和氣 /和气 (héqì) — informal: affable and familiar
- Finnish: lupsakka — informal: affable and familiar
- German: gesellig — informal: affable and familiar
- German: umgänglich — informal: affable and familiar
- German: locker — informal: affable and familiar
- Greek: λαϊκότροπος (laïkótropos) — informal: affable and familiar