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I had gone full-on folkie; I'd had it with bands.
Dan Fogelberg

Meaning of "folkie" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOLKIE

folkie  [ˈfəʊkɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOLKIE

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Folkie 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 FOLKIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

folkie

Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival. The term originated in the 19th century but is often applied to music that is older than that. Some types of folk music are also called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. One meaning often given is that of old songs, with no known composers; another is music that has been transmitted and evolved by a process of oral transmission or performed by custom over a long period of time. Starting in the mid-20th century a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk revival music to distinguish it from earlier folk forms.

Definition of folkie in the English dictionary

The definition of folkie in the dictionary is a devotee of folk music.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOLKIE


chokey
ˈtʃəʊkɪ
choky
ˈtʃəʊkɪ
coky
ˈkəʊkɪ
croaky
ˈkrəʊkɪ
folky
ˈfəʊkɪ
hokey
ˈhəʊkɪ
hokey-pokey
ˌhəʊkɪˈpəʊkɪ
jokey
ˈdʒəʊkɪ
joky
ˈdʒəʊkɪ
karaoke
ˌkɑːrəˈəʊkɪ
Loki
ˈləʊkɪ
moki
ˈməʊkɪ
okey-dokey
ˈəʊkɪˈdəʊkɪ
Okie
ˈəʊkɪ
pokey
ˈpəʊkɪ
pokie
ˈpəʊkɪ
roky
ˈrəʊkɪ
roquet
ˈrəʊkɪ
smokey
ˈsməʊkɪ
smoky
ˈsməʊkɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOLKIE

folk singing
folk song
folk story
folk tale
folk weave
folk wisdom
folk-dance
folk-rock
Folkestone
Folketing
folkies
folkish
folkishness
folkland
folklife
folklike
folklore
folkloric
folklorish
folklorist

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOLKIE

alkie
bakkie
bookie
chocolate chip cookie
chuckie
cookie
darkie
fortune cookie
Jackie
junkie
pinkie
quickie
rookie
selkie
silkie
talkie
tough cookie
twinkie
walkie-talkie
yorkie

Synonyms and antonyms of folkie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «folkie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOLKIE

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

Translator English - Chinese

folkie
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

folkie
570 millions of speakers

English

folkie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

folkie
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

folkie
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

folkie
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

folkie
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

folkie
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

folkie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Folkie
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Folkie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

folkie
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

folkie
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Folkie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

folkie
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

folkie
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोककथा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

folkie
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

folkie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

folkie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

folkie
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

folkie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

folkie
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

folkie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

folkie
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

folkie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of folkie

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOLKIE»

The term «folkie» is regularly used and occupies the 94.985 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOLKIE» OVER TIME

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

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3 QUOTES WITH «FOLKIE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word folkie.
1
Steve Earle
I grew up counterculture. I'm essentially a hippie, and I'm essentially a folkie.
2
Dan Fogelberg
I had gone full-on folkie; I'd had it with bands.
3
Chord Overstreet
I write alternative, folkie pop. It's very acoustic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOLKIE»

Discover the use of folkie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to folkie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Discovering David Bowie
By the time John Mendelssohn was finished with him, he was an obscure English folkie with an upcoming Rolling Stone profile, and a newfound appreciation for The Stooges and their anarchic frontman Iggy Pop.
John Mendelssohn, 2010
2
Street Kids and Other Plays
We gotta learn to help each other naturally. We gotta learn to share, or pretty soon there won't be nothing but death wandering around here... BONES, LEGS, PUNK, ROCKER, JAY & FOLKIE (in ghostly chorus chanting) We gotta learn to share ...
Brio Burgess, Daryl Furumi Mallett, 1995
3
Arlington County Chronicles
Folkie. Mary. Cliff. November. 16,. 2011. I was tickled to hear a favorite voice on the radio in 2011 reveal that she grew up in Arlington. For more than three decades, Mary Cliff has hosted Washington-area public radio's Traditions, ...
Charlie Clark, 2014
4
The Early Years of Folk Music: Fifty Founders of the Tradition
The musical legacy of the nation is as diverse as its history and dates back to ancient times. In modern times, traditional music is performed throughout every region thanks to the efforts of such notables as urban Greek folkie Vassilis Tsitsanis.
David Dicaire, 2010
5
Thinking Popular Culture: War, Terrorism and Writing
Hall in Manchester where a distraught folkie - when semiotically electrocuted by a plugged-in Dylan - yelled 'Judas'. The witty reply - 'I don't believe you. You're a liar' - was fully audible to the audience. He then turned to the band and spat a ...
Tara Brabazon, 2008
6
Billboard
The 39-year-old artist began his career as an adult folkie and master dulcimer player, releasing 12 albums for Smithsonian/Folkways. He formed his own label, Marlboro Records, in 1986. "I named it after the street I lived on," explains Roth, ...
7
Doowop: The Chicago Scene
As the middle-class kids of that decade reached college age and then adulthood, they shrugged off the declasse blue-collar styles of their adolescence to adopt a new form of rock music that was heavily influenced by folkie and fine-art ...
Robert Pruter, 1996
8
Paul Simon: A Life
Gibson, an older pre-Dylan folkie who had had his share of troubles with the blacklist in the fifties, was at the time collaborating with Phil Ochs. It was followed by a folkie standard that Joan Baez had been singing in concert, “Last Night I Had ...
Marc Eliot, 2010
9
Anyone Can Do It: Empowerment, Tradition and the Punk ...
Getting the Folk 'Us' in Focus Speaking to Melody Makerin 1981, Bert Jansch insisted: 'I don't think any of us can be left behind and classified as an old folkie ... Does a young punk in the street have any idea what a folkie is? I don't think ...
Dr Pete Dale, 2012
10
Festival Places
level, identification as a 'folkie' denotes a devotion to folk music characterised by an enduring commitment to folk festivals. Collectively, 'folkies' represent a folk community that is composed of special beliefs, traditions, values, norms and ...
Chris Gibson, John Connell, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOLKIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term folkie is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Neil Young releases protest album, targeting Monsanto, Walmart …
The old folkie doesn't let up anywhere on the record. Even the acoustic guitar/harmonica country-ish ballad “Wolf Moon” decries “thoughtless ... «The Weekender, Jul 15»
2
Vancouver Folk Music Festival soldiers on despite competition …
A hardcore folkie, Wolak admits to having missed only three or four of the 38 editions of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. He even cancelled ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
3
What's happening - Prince George Citizen
... cutblocks of B.C. His friends call his recipe of folkie-alternative stuff "screef rock" which will immediately make sense to any former treeplanter. «Prince George Citizen, Jul 15»
4
At the end of the trip - The Nation
Then again, an even larger segment of the audience, a segment of less grizzled folkie and more business casual - seemed to understand ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
5
I want to ride my bicycle - Perth's Methyl Ethel making a spectacle of …
Steve Lillywhite (U2) is telling everyone about the earnest-but-not-portentous local folkie. Get Naked. Banquet - Lanks (Mucho Bravado) ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
6
Watch: 10-Minute Tribute To The Films Of Michael Mann, From 'The …
People who want Mann to go back to film are like those folkie drips who couldn't take it when Dylan went electric. droop Jul 10, 2015 6:48am. «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
7
Award winners top the bill at Knaresborough's 2015 feva Festival
Among the award winners at this year's festival is folkie great Martin Carthy, (Frazer Theatre, Friday 14 August), who received the 2014 BBC ... «Harrogate Informer, Jul 15»
8
The slow, curious fade of the male pop star
... Tove Lo), brainy (Lorde), enigmatic (Sia), big-voiced and pint-size (Ariana Grande), funky and folkie (Haim), and sweet and sultry (Tinashe). «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
9
Ken Dixon: Gambling with death on holiday roads
I will be celebrating this weekend by enjoying the final live refrains of an old 1960's folkie band, the Grateful Dead, who had to go electric, in so ... «CT Post, Jul 15»
10
ArtsBeat | On July 4, the Grateful Dead Show Pride in Being an …
The Dead started as an improbable coalition — a folkie steeped in bluegrass, an avant-gardist, a blues-loving organist –and made it a mission ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

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