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folktune

folktune noun: a folk song, not including any words.

Noun

folktune (plural folktunes)

  1. A folk song, not including any words.
    • No. 6 is a Jewish folktune, and became very popular in Goldfaden's words and setting.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 452

Forms of folktune

pluralfolktunes

Origin of folktune

From folk + tune.

Questions about folktune

What does folktune mean?
Folktune means a folk song, not including any words.
What part of speech is folktune?
Folktune is a noun.
What is the plural of folktune?
The plural of folktune is folktunes.

Words near folktune in the dictionary

  1. folktale
  2. folktales
  3. Folkton
  4. folktronic
  5. folktronica
  6. folktune
  7. folktunes
  8. folkway
  9. folkways
  10. folkweave
  11. folky

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