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folkname

folkname is the alternative spelling of folk name.

Meaning of folk name

Noun

folk name (plural folk names)

  1. A name used in common parlance as opposed to an official name.
    • Folk names are generally not used in the scientific or birdwatching community. An example of a folk name in Indian English is paddy bird which is used for any of various egrets commonly found feeding in paddy fields.2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1, pages 39–62

Forms of folkname

pluralfolknames

Questions about folkname

What is folkname the alternative spelling of?
Folkname is the alternative spelling of folk name.

Words near folkname in the dictionary

  1. folkmoots
  2. folkmot
  3. folkmote
  4. folkmotes
  5. folkmots
  6. folkname
  7. folknames
  8. folknik
  9. folkniks
  10. folkred
  11. folkrede

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Adapted from Wiktionary: folkname (page history and authors); folk name (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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