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folk

/ˈfəʊk/FOHK
/ˈfoʊk/FOHK

Meaningcrowd

Common meaning: people

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishfolc‘people’source
  2. Middle Englishfolksource
  3. Englishfolk‘people’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English folc ‘people, host’.

Roots

  • folc Old English “people, host”

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