English Explanatory Dictionary

folk song

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians, and handed down by oral tradition.
  2. folk music
  3. A song in the style of folk music, a modern genre of popular music.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-folk song.wav

Word forms

folk song folk songs folksong

Etymology

From folk + song.

Related words

folk music Wikipedia has an article on Folk music

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 民歌 Finnish: folk-kappale German: Folksong Karakalpak: halıq qosıg'ı Polish: piosenka ludowa Russian: наро́дная пе́сня Swedish: folksång Vietnamese: dân ca
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