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How to pronounce “folk”
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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
- Off-Broadway's The Lion
My father has an old guitar and he plays me folk songs.
- 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
Off-Broadway's The Lion
My father has an old guitar and he plays me folk songs.
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.
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