English [ edit ] folk music usually uncountable , plural folk musics
Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region , often passed down through oral tradition , without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.
Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms. Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] music originating from a specific region
Arabic: مُوسِيقَى فُلْكْلُورِيَّة f ( mūsīqā fulklūriyya )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 民間音樂 ／ 民间音乐 (zh) ( mínjiān yīnyuè )
Danish: folkemusik
Dutch: volksmuziek (nl) f
Finnish: kansanmusiikki (fi)
French: folk (fr) m musique folk (fr) f
Georgian: ხალხური მუსიკა ( xalxuri musiḳa ) , ფოლკ-მუსიკა ( polḳ-musiḳa )
German: Volksmusik (de)
Hungarian: népzene (hu)
Japanese: 民族音楽 ( みんぞくおんがく, minzoku ongaku ) , フォークソング ( fōkusongu )
Korean: 민속 음악(民族音樂) ( minsok eumak ) , 포크송 ( pokeusong )
Manx: kiaull çheerey m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: folkemusikk m
Nynorsk: folkemusikk m
Polish: muzyka ludowa f
Portuguese: música folclórica f
Romanian: muzică folk f muzică populară f
Russian: наро́дная му́зыка (ru) f ( naródnaja múzyka ) , фолькло́рная му́зыка f ( folʹklórnaja múzyka )
Scots: fowk muisic
Spanish: música folklórica f folk música f
Swedish: folkmusik (sv) c
Tagalog: musikang bayan
Vietnamese: dân ca (vi) , nhạc dân gian âm nhạc dân gian
West Frisian: folksmuzyk f
contemporary music in traditional style
