folk music

English

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Noun

folk music (usually uncountable, plural folk musics)

1. 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.
2. 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

• folk song

Translations

music originating from a specific region

• Arabic: مُوسِيقَى فُلْكْلُورِيَّة f (mūsīqā fulklūriyya)
• Belarusian: наро́дная му́зыка f (naródnaja múzyka), фалькло́рная му́зыка f (falʹklórnaja múzyka), фальклёрная му́зыка f (falʹkljórnaja múzyka)
• Bulgarian: наро́дна му́зика f (naródna múzika), фолкло́рна му́зика f (folklórna múzika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民間音樂 / 民间音乐 (zh) (mínjiān yīnyuè)

• Czech: lidová hudba f
• Danish: folkemusik
• Dutch: volksmuziek (nl) f
• Finnish: kansanmusiikki (fi)
• French: folk (fr) m, musique folk (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: folksmuzyk f

• Georgian: ხალხური მუსიკა (xalxuri musiḳa), ფოლკ-მუსიკა (polḳ-musiḳa)
• German: Volksmusik (de)
• Hungarian: népzene (hu)
• Japanese: 民族音楽 (ja) (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 tradicional f, 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
• Slovak: ľudová hudba f
• Spanish: música folklórica f, folk música f
• Swedish: folkmusik (sv) c
• Tagalog: musikang bayan
• Turkish: halk müziği (tr)
• Ukrainian: наро́дна му́зика f (naródna múzyka), фолькло́рна му́зика f (folʹklórna múzyka)
• Vietnamese: dân ca (vi), nhạc dân gian, âm nhạc dân gian

contemporary music in traditional style

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民間音樂 / 民间音乐 (zh) (mínjiān yīnyuè)

• Dutch: folk (nl) m, wereldmuziek (nl) f, folkmuziek (nl) f
• Finnish: etnomusiikki (fi), folkmusiikki (fi)
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: folkmuzyk f

• German: Weltmusik (de)
• Manx: kiaull çheerey m
• Polish: folk (pl) m
• Portuguese: música folk f, folk (pt) m
• Romanian: muzică folk f, muzică etno f, etno-muzică f
• Russian: фолк (ru) m (folk), фолк-му́зыка (ru) f (folk-múzyka)
• Scots: fowk muisic, folk muisic
• Swedish: folkmusik (sv) c, folk (sv) c