| slovo | definícia |
folks
(mass) | folks
- ľudkovia |
folks
(encz) | folks,lidé Zdeněk Brož |
folks
(encz) | folks,lidičky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
folks
(encz) | folks,přátelé n: Zdeněk Brož |
Folks
(gcide) | Folk \Folk\ (f[=o]k), Folks \Folks\ (f[=o]ks), n. collect. & pl.
[AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel.
f[=o]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E.
follow.]
1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group
of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
The organization of each folk, as such, sprang
mainly from war. --J. R. Green.
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2. People in general, or a separate class of people; --
generally used in the plural form, and often with a
qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks.
[Colloq.]
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In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire
With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales.
--Shak.
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3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all
well. [Colloq. New Eng.] --Bartlett.
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Folk song, one of a class of songs long popular with the
common people.
Folk speech, the speech of the common people, as
distinguished from that of the educated class.
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folks
(wn) | folks
n 1: your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day"
2: people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just
country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the
common people determine the group character and preserve its
customs from one generation to the next" [syn: folk,
folks, common people] |
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different strokes for different folks
(encz) | different strokes for different folks, |
folksiness
(encz) | folksiness,lidovost n: Zdeněk Brož |
folksinger
(encz) | folksinger,lidový zpěvák n: paskyfolksinger,písničkář n: pasky |
folksinging
(encz) | folksinging, |
folksong
(encz) | folksong,lidová píseň n: folksong,národní píseň Zdeněk Brož |
folksy
(encz) | folksy,lidový adj: Zdeněk Brožfolksy,přátelský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
home folks
(encz) | home folks, n: |
kinfolks
(encz) | kinfolks,příbuzní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
menfolks
(encz) | menfolks,mužští členové Zdeněk Brož |
Folks
(gcide) | Folk \Folk\ (f[=o]k), Folks \Folks\ (f[=o]ks), n. collect. & pl.
[AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel.
f[=o]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E.
follow.]
1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group
of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
The organization of each folk, as such, sprang
mainly from war. --J. R. Green.
[1913 Webster]
2. People in general, or a separate class of people; --
generally used in the plural form, and often with a
qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks.
[Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire
With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all
well. [Colloq. New Eng.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
Folk song, one of a class of songs long popular with the
common people.
Folk speech, the speech of the common people, as
distinguished from that of the educated class.
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folksy
(gcide) | folksy \folksy\ adj.
1. same as cracker-barrel.
Syn: cracker-barrel, homespun.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. very informal and familiar; as, a folksy radio
commentator; a folksy style.
[WordNet 1.5] folktale |
Gentlefolks
(gcide) | Gentlefolk \Gen"tle*folk`\, Gentlefolks \Gen"tle*folks`\, n. pl.
Persons of gentle or good family and breeding. [Generally in
the United States in the plural form.] --Shak.
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folksong
(wn) | folksong
n 1: a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a
region and forms part of their culture [syn: folk song,
folksong, folk ballad] |
folksy
(wn) | folksy
adj 1: characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel
philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country
boys" [syn: cracker-barrel, folksy, homespun]
2: very informal and familiar; "a folksy radio commentator"; "a
folksy style" |
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