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How to pronounce folk in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms common people, folks
Type of people
Has types rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, countryfolk, grass roots, home folk, country people, gentlefolk


they're just country folk.
folks around here drink moonshine.
Type Words
Synonyms family, family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept
Type of bloodline, stock, stemma, pedigree, descent, ancestry, parentage, origin, blood, line of descent, lineage, line, blood line
Has types dynasty, gens, homefolk, house, name, people
Type Words
Synonyms ethnic music, folk music
Type of popular music, popular music genre
Has types square-dance music, gospel, folksong, country and western, folk song, folk ballad, c and w, schottische, country music, gospel singing
Type Words
Synonyms tribe
Type of social group
Has types phyle

Examples of folk

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After staging folk concerts in Webster Groves, Focal Point was getting the boot.
From the stltoday.com
He also keeps an acoustic guitar nearby to strum and sing improvised folk songs.
From the desmoinesregister.com
My son has moved back here, and young folk have just bought the house next door.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Perhaps that'll bring the young folk flooding in, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Alana Amram and the Rough Gems offer their brand of country-folk rock Americana.
From the suntimes.com
An indie, folk, alt-country sound that will have you whistling all the way home.
From the nznewsuk.co.uk
For historical reasons most folk don't tend to live close to their kith and kin.
From the independent.co.uk
Like Beck, he fluidly mixes his singer-songwriter folk roots with hip-hop beats.
From the bostonherald.com
These folk become both victims and perpetrators of the sacred river's pollution.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • People in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"
  • Tribe: a social division of (usually preliterate) people
  • Family: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
  • Folk music: the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
  • (folks) your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day"
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  • Folk music is a term for musical folklore which originated in the 19th century. It has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by word of mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. ...
  • (Folks! (film)) Folks! is a 1992 dark comedy film, directed by Ted Kotcheff. The movie starred Tom Selleck. The movie's tagline was: "Jon Aldrich is about to come face to face with the most terrifying force known to man... his parents."