folks

folks
PEOPLE, PERSONS, FOLK, FOLKS
People употребляется в тех случаях, когда речь идет о большом количестве людей, среди которых нельзя или нет необходимости выделять отдельные, индивидуальные лица: most people like music; there are many people here. Persons имеет в виду отдельных лиц, число которых является обычно незначительным: a few persons have called this morning; there are two or three persons in the room. Folk и folks в значении 'люди' имеют ярко выраженную разговорную окраску, например: folks say, different folk have different views. Folk в этом значении употребляется, главным образом, в словосочетаниях типа country folk 'сельские жители', rich folk 'богачи', town folk 'городские жители', old folk 'старики'. Folks наряду с этим означает 'родня': one's folks, 'родители': one's old folks. Folk в значении 'народ' сохранилось в современном языке в атрибутивном употреблении в сочетаниях типа folk music, folk dance, folk tale.

Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary. 2014.

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Смотреть что такое "folks" в других словарях:

  • folks — folks; folks·i·ly; folks·i·ness; grand·folks; folks·ey; …   English syllables

  • folks — index populace Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • folks — (n.) people of one s family, 1715, colloquial, from plural of FOLK (Cf. folk) …   Etymology dictionary

  • folks — [n] family brood, clan, horde, household, kin, parents, people, relatives, tribe; concepts 296,378,397 …   New thesaurus

  • Folks — Folk Folk (f[=o]k), Folks Folks (f[=o]ks), n. collect. & pl. [AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel. f[=o]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E. follow.] 1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo Saxon times, the people of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • folks — noun a) The members of ones household; especially ones parents and immediate family. My folks visit us at Christmas. b) People in general; everybody or anybody. Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays. See Also: folk …   Wiktionary

  • folks — This is an informal, even archaic, term for people, folk, relatives, or race. Just folks and plain folks are trite phrases implying simplicity and unpretentiousness. Folksy is an informal term for sociable or genial : The President is a sociable… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • folks — n. one’s parents. (Always with the possessive.) □ I’ll have to ask my folks if I can go. □ Her folks are sort of mad at her …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • folks — noun 1. your parents (Freq. 1) he wrote to his folks every day • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑kin, ↑kin group, ↑kinship group, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Folks — pl n 1. one s parents; 2. persons of one s own family; one s relatives: My folks are having a big bash tonight …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • folks — Australian Slang pl n 1. one s parents; 2. persons of one s own family; one s relatives: My folks are having a big bash tonight …   English dialects glossary


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