folklore

From folk +‎ lore, coined in 1846 by William Thoms to replace terms such as "popular antiquities". Thoms imitated German terms such as Volklehre (“people's customs”) and Volksüberlieferung ("popular tradition"). Compare also West Frisian folkloare (“folklore”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊk.lɔː/

folklore (countable and uncountable, plural folklores)

1. The tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population.

• folkloric
• folklorism
• folklorist
• folkloristics

• folk
• lore
• myth
• oral tradition

folklore m (uncountable)

1. folklore

From English folklore, from folk + lore.

• IPA^(key): /fɔlkloːrə/, [fʌlɡ̊ˈloːɐ], [fʌlˈkʰloːɐ]

folklore c (singular definite folkloren, not used in plural form)

1. folklore

• folklore on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

From English folklore

• IPA^(key): /fɔl.klɔʁ/

folklore m (plural folklores)

1. folklore

• “folklore” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• folclor
• folclore
• folklor

folklore m (plural folklores)

1. folklore