folk song
folk song noun: a song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians, and handed down by oral tradition.
Noun
folk song (plural folk songs)
- A song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians, and handed down by oral tradition.
- folk music
- Before my father, Hasidic music was mere folksong. He raised it to the level of art.2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 190
- A song in the style of folk music, a modern genre of popular music.
folk song meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
folk song in Hindi
- song originating among the working people
- लोकगीत lokgīt
folk song in Tamil
- நாட்டுப்புறப் பாடல், இராமாயணச் சேவைப்பாட்டு, நாட்டார் பாட்டு, நாட்டுப்பாடல்
folk song in Malayalam
- നാടോടിപ്പാട്ട്, നാടോടിഗാനം
folk song in Kannada
- ಜಾನಪದ ಗೀತೆ, ಹಳ್ಳಿಯ ಹಾಡು
More languagesFewer languages
- folk song in Gujarati
- લોકગીત lokgīt
- folk song in Arabic
- أُغْنِيَّةٌ شَعْبِيَّة ʔuḡniyyatun šaʕbiyya
- folk song in Vietnamese
- dân ca
Forms of folk song
| plural | folk songs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | folksong |
Origin of folk song
From folk + song.
Questions about folk song
- What does folk song mean?
- Folk song means a song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians, and handed down by oral tradition.
- What is folk song in Hindi?
- Folk song in Hindi is लोकगीत (lokgīt). See Folk song meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is folk song?
- Folk song is a noun.
- What is the plural of folk song?
- The plural of folk song is folk songs.
Words near folk song in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: folk song (page history and authors); folk song (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); folk song (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); folk song (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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