folklore

See also Folklore

English

Etymology

compound of folk + lore, coined in 1846 by William Thoms to replace terms such as "popular antiquities". Thoms imitated German terms such as Volksüberlieferung ("popular tradition").

Noun

Wikipedia folklore (countable and uncountable; plural folklores)

1. The tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population.

Translations

tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population

• Arabic: فلكلور (ar) (fulkluur) m
• Catalan: folklore (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民俗 (cmn) (mínsú)

• Danish: folklore (da) c
• Esperanto: folkloro (eo)
• Finnish: kansanperinne (fi)
• French: folklore (fr)
• Georgian: ფოლკლორი (ka) (folk'lori)
• German: Folklore (de) f
• Greek: λαογραφία (el) (laografía) f, λαϊκή παράδοση (el) (laïkí parádosi) f
• Italian: folclore (it) m
• Japanese: 伝承 (ja) (でんしょう, denshō), 民俗 (ja) (みんぞく, minzoku)

• Khmer: រឿងព្រេង (km) (rɨəŋ preeŋ)
• Korean: 민속 (ko) (minsok) (民俗 (ko))
• Limburgish: vólksleirn (li)
• Macedonian: фолклор (mk) (fólklor) m
• Mizo: thurochun
• Polish: folklor (pl) m
• Portuguese: folclore (pt) m
• Russian: фольклор (ru) (fol'klór) m
• Scottish Gaelic: beul-aithris (gd) f
• Spanish: folclore (es) m, folclor (es) m
• Swahili: hadithi za kale (sw)
• Swedish: folklore (sv)
• Ukrainian: фольклор (uk) (folʹklor)

Related terms

• folkloric
• folklorist

See also

• folk
• lore
• myth
• oral tradition

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Catalan

Noun

folklore m (uncountable)

1. folklore

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Danish

Etymology

From English folklore, from folk + lore.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɔlkloːrə/, [fʌlɡ̊ˈloːɐ], [fʌlˈkʰloːɐ]

Noun

folklore c (singular definite folkloren, not used in plural form)

1. folklore

See also

• Folklore on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɔl.klɔʁ/

Noun

folklore m (plural folklores)

1. folklore