folks

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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəʊks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /foʊks/, (nonstandard) /foʊlks/
• Rhymes: -əʊks

Etymology 1

Noun

folks pl (plural only)

1. The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents

2. (US) People in general; everybody or anybody.
   • 2006 Oct. 1, Dennis Lehane, "Refugees", The Wire, 00:32:06:

     Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight.
     Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it.
     Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin'-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks.

3. (US, slang, rare, southern Louisiana) The police.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

folks

1. plural of folk

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Related terms

• folk

Etymology 2

Coined by California historian Kevin Starr.

Noun

folks pl (plural only)

1. (California) Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States.

Danish

Noun

folks n

1. indefinite genitive singular of folk
2. indefinite genitive plural of folk

Noun

folks c

1. indefinite genitive singular of folk

Old Norse

Noun

folks

1. genitive singular of folk

Scots

Noun

folks

1. plural of folk

Swedish

Noun

folks

1. indefinite genitive plural of folk
2. indefinite genitive singular of folk