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folk | p |

P is likely misspelled.


P has no English definition.

As an adjective folk

is of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.

As a noun folk

is a grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.

folk

English

Alternative forms

* voke, volk, volke (dialectal)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
  • Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
  • (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
  • Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous.
  • folk''' psychology; '''folk linguistics

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (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.
  • The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
  • *1907 , Race Prejudice , Jean Finot, p. 251:
  • *:We thus arrive at a most unexpected imbroglio. The French have become a Germanic folk' and the Germanic ' folk have become Gaulish!
  • One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
  • (music) Folk music.
  • (plural only) People in general.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] 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
  • (plural only) A particular group of people.
  • Derived terms

    * folk devil * folk etymology * folk hero * folklore * folk medicine * folk memory * folk music * folkster * folksy

    References

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    p

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=o, next=q, image= (wikipedia p)

    Letter

  • The sixteenth letter of the .
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * With hook: * (wynn) {{Letter , page=P , NATO=Papa , Morse=·––· , Character=P , Braille=? }} Image:Latin P.png, Capital and lowercase versions of P , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter P.png, Uppercase and lowercase P in Fraktur

    Symbol

    (Voiceless bilabial plosive) (head)
  • voiceless bilabial plosive
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