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folx

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /fəʊks/
  • General-American: /foʊks/
  • General-American, nonstandard: /foʊlks/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊks

1

noun

Meaning 1

Alternative spelling of folks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Eye dialect spelling of folks, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, plural, plural-only, pronunciation-spelling

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Folks; people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, especially, plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Variant of folks. While the word was already gender-neutral, the suffix -x is a deliberate social signal of awareness of sexual minorities. Compare English Latinx.