folk music (usually uncountable, plural folk musics)
- Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.
- Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms.
music originating from a specific region
- Arabic: مُوسِيقَى فُلْكْلُورِيَّة f (mūsīqā fulklūriyya)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 民間音樂／民间音乐 (zh) (mínjiān yīnyuè)
- Danish: folkemusik
- Dutch: volksmuziek (nl) f
- Finnish: kansanmusiikki (fi)
- French: folk (fr) m, musique folk (fr) f
- Georgian: ხალხური მუსიკა (xalxuri musiḳa), ფოლკ-მუსიკა (polḳ-musiḳa)
- German: Volksmusik (de)
- Hungarian: népzene (hu)
- Japanese: 民族音楽 (みんぞくおんがく, minzoku ongaku), フォークソング (fōkusongu)
- Korean: 민속 음악(民族音樂) (minsok eumak), 포크송 (pokeusong)
- Manx: kiaull çheerey m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: folkemusikk m
- Nynorsk: folkemusikk m
- Polish: muzyka ludowa f
- Portuguese: música tradicional f, música folclórica f
- Romanian: muzică folk f, muzică populară f
- Russian: наро́дная му́зыка (ru) f (naródnaja múzyka), фолькло́рная му́зыка f (folʹklórnaja múzyka)
- Scots: fowk muisic
- Spanish: música folklórica f, folk música f
- Swedish: folkmusik (sv) c
- Tagalog: musikang bayan
- Vietnamese: dân ca (vi), nhạc dân gian, âm nhạc dân gian
- West Frisian: folksmuzyk f
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contemporary music in traditional style