folklore

See also: Folklore and folk-lore

English

Etymology

From folk +‎ lore, coined in 1846 by William Thoms to replace terms such as "popular antiquities". Thoms imitated German terms such as Volklehre ‎(“people's customs”) and Volksüberlieferung ("popular tradition"). Compare also West Frisian folkloare ‎(“folklore”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊk.lɔː/

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: فُلْكْلُور m ‎(fulklūr)
• Bulgarian: фолклор (bg) m ‎(folklor)
• Catalan: folklore (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民俗 (zh) ‎(mínsú)

• Danish: folklore c
• Esperanto: folkloro
• Finnish: kansanperinne
• French: folklore (fr)
• Georgian: ფოლკლორი (ka) ‎(polḳlori)
• German: Folklore (de) f
• Greek: λαογραφία (el) f ‎(laografía), λαϊκή παράδοση f ‎(laïkí parádosi)
• Hebrew: פוֹלְקְלוֹר (he) m ‎(folklór)
• Italian: folclore (it) m
• Japanese: 伝承 ‎(でんしょう, denshō), 民俗 ‎(みんぞく, minzoku)

• Khmer: រឿងព្រេង ‎(rɨəŋ preeŋ)
• Korean: 민속 (ko) ‎(minsok) (民俗 (ko))
• Latvian: folklora (lv) f
• Limburgish: vólksleirn (li)
• Macedonian: фолклор m ‎(fólklor)
• Mizo: thurochun
• Polish: folklor (pl) m
• Portuguese: folclore (pt) m
• Russian: фолькло́р (ru) m ‎(folʹklór)
• Scottish Gaelic: beul-aithris f
• Spanish: folclore (es) m, folclor (es) m, demosofía f
• Swahili: hadithi za kale
• Swedish: folklore (sv)
• Ukrainian: фольклор (uk) ‎(folʹklor)

Related terms

• folkloric
• folklorist
• folkloristics

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^(key): /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^(key): /fɔl.klɔʁ/

Noun

folklore m ‎(plural folklores)

1. folklore

External links

• “folklore” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Spanish

Noun

folklore m ‎(plural folklores)

1. folklore