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PRONUNCIATION OF FISHERFOLK

fisherfolk  [ˈfɪʃəˌfəʊk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FISHERFOLK

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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Fisherfolk is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FISHERFOLK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fisherfolk

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping. The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales, where the term whaling is more appropriate. According to FAO statistics, the total number of commercial fishermen and fish farmers is estimated to be 38 million. Fisheries and aquaculture provide direct and indirect employment to over 500 million people. In 2005, the worldwide per capita consumption of fish captured from wild fisheries was 14.4 kilograms, with an additional 7.4 kilograms harvested from fish farms. In addition to providing food, modern fishing is also a recreational pastime.

Definition of fisherfolk in the English dictionary

The definition of fisherfolk in the dictionary is people who earn their living by fishing; fishermen and women collectively.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FISHERFOLK


folk
fəʊk
gentlefolk
ˈdʒɛntəlˌfəʊk
hillfolk
ˈhɪlˌfəʊk
kinfolk
ˈkɪnˌfəʊk
kinsfolk
ˈkɪnzˌfəʊk
menfolk
ˈmɛnˌfəʊk
merfolk
ˈmɜːfəʊk
seafolk
ˈsiːˌfəʊk
townsfolk
ˈtaʊnzfəʊk
tradesfolk
ˈtreɪdzˌfəʊk
womenfolk
ˈwɪmɪnˌfəʊk
workfolk
ˈwɜːkˌfəʊk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FISHERFOLK

fishable
fishball
fishbolt
fishbone
fishbone fern
fishbowl
fishburger
fishcake
fisher
fisher of men
fisheries
fisherman
fisherman´s bend
fisherman´s knot
fishermen
fisherwoman
fishery
Fishes
fisheye lens
fishfinger

WORDS THAT END LIKE FISHERFOLK

Beaker folk
country folk
egg yolk
Herrenvolk
holk
little folk
Norfolk
Polk
Suffolk
travelling folk
volk
yolk

Synonyms and antonyms of fisherfolk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fisherfolk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FISHERFOLK

Find out the translation of fisherfolk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fisherfolk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fisherfolk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

渔民
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pescadores
570 millions of speakers

English

fisherfolk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मछुआरों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصيادين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рыбаки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pescadores
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৎস্যজীবীদের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pêcheurs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nelayan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fischer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

漁民
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어부
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nelayan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngư dân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மீனவர்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मासेमारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

balıkçı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pescatori
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Rybacy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рибалки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pescari
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

fisherfolk
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vissersgemeenskap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fiskare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fiskere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fisherfolk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FISHERFOLK»

The term «fisherfolk» is regularly used and occupies the 75.999 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FISHERFOLK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fisherfolk» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fisherfolk» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fisherfolk

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FISHERFOLK»

Discover the use of fisherfolk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fisherfolk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Yorkshire Fisherfolk: A Social History of the Yorkshire ...
In the 1970s Professor Frank set about rescuing as much of that knowledge as survived and this much admired book is the result. The book is richly illustrated with photographs by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe and paintings by J.R. Bagshawe.
Peter Frank, Peter John Frank, 2002
2
Contested Coastlines: Fisherfolk, Nations and Borders in ...
The governance of coastal borders and fisherfolk is filled with misconceptions: a) The fisherfolk are ignorant of maps and boundaries. b) Sea bordering, policing and other security measures address the border crossings and arrests of ...
Charu Gupta, Mukul Sharma, 2012
3
The coastal fisherfolk community: population and development ...
Study under the ageis of international project Strengthening of Research and Training in Population and Development Dynamics of Rural Communities; with reference to fishers of Thāne District of state of Maharashtra, India.
Ratna Tewari, Strengthening of Research and Training in Population and Development Dynamics of Rural Communities, 2003
4
Investigating Variation: The Effects of Social Organization ...
In the villages of Brora and Golspie, the fisherfolk lived originally in particular parts of the village that had historically been designated as fisherfolk residential areas. In each case the fisherfolk were a Gaelic-speaking population that ultimately ...
Nancy C. Dorian, 2010
5
Demographic Change in Coastal Fishing Communities and Its ...
Education levels of fisherfolk and agriculturists were equally high in the fishing and farming households studied in the Philippines, and equally low in those studied in Tanzania. In Malaysia and Bangladesh, agriculturists had higher levels of ...
Uwe Tietze, G. Groenewold, Alain Marcoux, 2000
6
Collaborative Resilience: Moving Through Crisis to Opportunity
Small project on promoting the formation of national fisherfolk organizations and fishers exchange. May to June, 2008. Training workshop on management, communication, and advocacy for fisherfolk organizations in CARICOM. Sept.
Bruce Evan Goldstein, 2012
7
Fish Marketing and Credit in Viet Nam
TABLE 19 Future investment requirements of fisherfolk wishing to expand their fishing operations Future credit requirement (VND x 1 000) No. of fisherfolk Cumulative % Mairfriasons for overdue loans offered by fisherfolk repayments and that ...
‎2004
8
Report of the Interregional Workshop on Findings and Results ...
Subjective explanations and perceptions were provided of objective trends and developments and revealed the categories fisherfolk and non-fisherfolk perceive the demographic socio-economic and environmental changes that have taken ...
‎1999
9
Chinese Outcasts: Discrimination and Emancipation in Late ...
entertain guests, some could not afford jewelry or embroidered clothes.18 Most or all of the fisherfolk of the nine surnames appear to have been registered as residents of Jiande county which was also the administrative centre of Yanzhou ...
Anders Hansson, 1996
10
Review of Social Science Literature on Risk and ...
attention to the gaps in the literature concerning the susceptibility of fisherfolk to HIV/AIDS. As recent attention to the issue reflects, there is a dearth of scholarly literature on HIV/AIDS and its impact among fishing communities. Besides a few ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FISHERFOLK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fisherfolk is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tribunal sets 2nd round of Phl arguments
BFAR also reported that Chinese reclamation has caused the local economy P4.8 billion in losses, while local fisherfolk from Zambales who ... «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
2
Chicken is king at Chester's Grand Bar
Summer brings the tourists, autumn the hunters and custom cutters, and winter the ice fisherfolk. “It's a pretty steady flow of locals and travelers ... «Great Falls Tribune, Jul 15»
3
'Egay' damage to crops, farm animals hits P25.5M
... million damage to crops and fisheries in the province affected 23 towns and cities in Negros Occidental and 2,541 farmers and fisherfolk. «Visayan Daily Star, Jul 15»
4
Chinese vessel sinks Vietnamese fishing boat, leaves 11 at sea off …
... Ngai announced Friday that the Vietnamese fishing boat codenamed QNg 90559 TS belonged to fisherfolk in Quang Ngai's Binh Son District. «Thanh Nien Daily, Jul 15»
5
Historic Spitfire soars in record-breaking London sales
The sale was led by A coastal landscape with fisherfolk, the most important oil by Richard Parkes Bonington to come to market in a generation. «Christie's, Jul 15»
6
PH Catholic bishops urged to follow Pope in supporting IP rights
He urged Philippine bishops to also help peasant and fisherfolk in opposing large scale mining, agricultural plantations, commercial logging ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»
7
Dutch warning: Rs 322-crore/km, Mumbai highway may be a 'disaster'
This will obstruct the operations of fisherfolk, according to Rajesh Mangela of the Maharashtra Machimar Kruti Sangh. In the past, reclamation ... «New Kerala, Jul 15»
8
Pampanga agriculturists join BFAR Boat-R training seminar
BFAR is encouraging the LGUs to be active in disseminating and implementing this program so that fisherfolk could avail their services. «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
9
More lows than highs at the Old Master sales in London
Richard Parkes Bonington's Turneresque painting, A coastal landscape with fisherfolk, a beached boat beyond (around 1826), sold for £2.5m ... «Art Newspaper, Jul 15»
10
Typhoon Falcon now outside PAR
PAGASA has still warned fisherfolk against venturing out over the seaboards of Luzon and Visayas, while residents in mountainous and ... «Rappler, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Fisherfolk [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/fisherfolk>. Apr 2024 ».
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