folk
People, persons.
Noun 2 meanings
People, persons.
“There were a lot of folk in the streets.”
One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
“I need to call my folks back home.”
Adjective 4 meanings
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.
Of or related to local building materials and styles.
Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically or ideologically correct or rigorous.
“folk psychology; folk linguistics”
Etymology
From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-gós, from *pleh₁- (“to fill”).
FOLK at a glance
FOLK has 4 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (F 4 + O 1 + L 1 + K 5) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,858 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with folk
All rhymes- POLK10
- YOLK11
- TOWNSFOLK19
- VOLK11
- KINFOLK18
- WOMENFOLK21
- MENFOLK16
- MERFOLK16
- FISHERFOLK23
- KINSFOLK19
- GENTLEFOLK18
- TOWNFOLK18
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