folk song

See also: folksong

English

Alternative forms

• folksong

Etymology

folk +‎ song

Noun

folk song (plural folk songs)

1. (music) A song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians, and handed down by oral tradition.
2. (music) A song in the style of folk music, a modern genre of popular music.

Related terms

• folk music

Translations

song originating among the working people

• Arabic: أُغْنِيَّة شَعْبِيَّة f (ʾuḡniyya šaʿbiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民歌 (zh) (míngē), 民謠／民谣 (zh) (mínyáo), 民谣 (zh) (mínyáo), 歌謠／歌谣 (zh) (gēyáo), 歌谣 (zh) (gēyáo)

• Cornish: kan werin f
• Finnish: kansanlaulu
• French: chanson populaire f
• Galician: canción popular f
• Georgian: ხალხური სიმღერა (xalxuri simɣera)
• German: Volkslied (de) n
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• Hungarian: népdal (hu)
• Japanese: 民謡 (みんよう, min'yō), フォークソング (fōkusongu), 歌謡 (かよう, kayō)
• Korean: 민요 (ko) (minyo) (民謠 (ko)), 포크송 (pokeusong), 가요 (ko) (gayo)
• Latvian: tautas dziesma f
• Polish: piosenka ludowa f
• Russian: наро́дная пе́сня f (naródnaja pésnja)
• Swedish: folksång c
• Vietnamese: dân ca (vi) (民歌)

song in this style

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民歌 (zh) (míngē)

• Finnish: folk-kappale
• German: Folksong m
• Karakalpak: halıq qosıg'ı
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• Russian: наро́дная пе́сня f (naródnaja pésnja)
• Swedish: folksång c
• Vietnamese: dân ca (vi) (民歌)

See also

• Wikipedia has an article on Folk music