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