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folklife

folklife noun: folklore; those cultural traditions passed down orally or informally.

Noun

folklife (usually uncountable, plural folklives)

  1. (usually) Folklore; those cultural traditions passed down orally or informally.

folklife meaning in Tamil

folklife in Tamil

ஊரக வாழ்வியல், நாட்டுப்புற வாழ்வு

Forms of folklife

pluralfolklives

Origin of folklife

From folk + life.

Questions about folklife

What does folklife mean?
Folklife means folklore; those cultural traditions passed down orally or informally.
What is folklife in Tamil?
Folklife in Tamil is ஊரக வாழ்வியல், நாட்டுப்புற வாழ்வு. See Folklife meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is folklife?
Folklife is a noun.
What is the plural of folklife?
The plural of folklife is folklives.

Words near folklife in the dictionary

  1. folkishness
  2. folkism
  3. folkisms
  4. folkland
  5. folklands
  6. folklife
  7. folklike
  8. folklives
  9. folklore
  10. folklores
  11. folkloric

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: folklife (page history and authors); folklife (Tamil 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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