TubeTalk Pronunciation

How to pronounce “folk”

Hear “folk” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.

Pronunciation guide for folk

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of folk with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Ravin Agrawal: 10 young Indian artists to watch 9 minutes, 6 secondslearn their religious and mythological folk tales.
Definition summary
(countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

Example 1 of 8

How to pronounce folk

Ravin Agrawal: 10 young Indian artists to watch 9 minutes, 6 seconds

learn their religious and mythological folk tales.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “folk”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
  • (collective plural) People, persons.
  • (collective plural, usually as folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
  • (music) Ellipsis of folk music.
  • [Adjective]
  • Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
  • Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
  • (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
  • Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically or ideologically correct or rigorous.

Practice Nearby Words

tribe, phratry, sept, country, family, kinfolk, kinsfolk, hillbilly, folk music, ethnic music, western, nonclassical, common people, family line, folklore, tradition, traditional, ethnic, popularity, people, conventional, popular, nation, nationality, national, grassroots, civic, custom, civil, civilian, private, song, pop, non-governmental, nongovernmental, peoples, falk, nationalities, populaire, songs, public, citizens, community, society, populace, residents, natives, relatives, masses, commoners, inhabitants, population, locals, household, kin, clan, folkies, folksingers, folkish, folky, folkie, folking, folksinging, countryfolk, troubadour, fiddlers, artists, peeps, songsters, folksongs, culturalists, musicians, denizens, bluegrass, folksong, eclectics, practitioners, traditionals, punks, singers, punk, blokes, hillbillies, balladeers, folksinger, folkdance, folkways, troubadours, fellers, blues, folksy, jazz, lads, poets, tunesmiths, folkloric, artistes, ethnics, crooners, stalwarts

Similar Sounds

folk, foak, foq, fake, fac, fick, fic, fack, fuk, falk, fak, fock, faulk, feck, fook, faec, fok, faq, fuke, feak, foc, fech, fike, falke, faik, fyke, ficke, fec, fik, fek, foch, phuc, phyc, feick, fouc, fiq, fuq, facc, feq, phoque, ffic, fiqh, phoc, fog, foe, folks, fig, faux, pho, fot, fagg, fug, fogg, foci, figue, fck, folkes, folky, foh, feg, figg, foa, feig, foco, figge, faud, foca, ftc, folker, flk, folkie, ffo, fogh, phog, fcw, phag, phc, pfo, foka, fsk, fgc, flowk, fkh, phoca, fawg, fkc, fgk, flq, ftk, fhc, focl, voke, voq, faa, faca, afaik, afec, afic, afaq