folkとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English folk, from 古期英語 folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-gós, from *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Cognate with German Volk, Dutch volk, Swedish folk and Danish folk. Doublet of volk.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /fəʊk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /foʊk/
• 韻: -əʊk

形容詞

folk (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
2. Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
3. (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
4. Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous.

   folk psychology; folk linguistics

派生語

• folk etymology
• folk medicine

名詞

folk (複数形 folk または folks)

1. (archaic) A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.
   • J. R. Green

     The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war.

2. The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
   • 1907, Race Prejudice, Jean Finot, page 251:

     We thus arrive at a most unexpected imbroglio. The French have become a Germanic folk and the Germanic folk have become Gaulish!

3. (複数形 only, 複数形: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
4. (music) Folk music.
5. (複数形 only) People in general.

   Young folk, old folk, everybody come, / To our little Sunday School and have a lot of fun.

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎^[1]:

     “[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes […] . And then, when you see [the senders], you probably find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases. […]”

6. (複数形 only) A particular group of people.

派生語

関連する語

Further reading

• "folk" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 136.