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TOEFL BNC: 11883 COCA: 11419

folklore

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folklore /ˈfoʊkˌloɚ/ noun
folklore
/ˈfoʊkˌloɚ/
noun
Learner's definition of FOLKLORE
[noncount]
: traditional customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings传统风俗;民间信仰(故事或谚语)
: ideas or stories that are not true but that many people have heard or read传说;传闻

— folklorist

/ˈfoʊkˌlorɪst/ noun, plural folklorists [count]
TOEFL BNC: 11883 COCA: 11419

folklore

noun

folk·​lore ˈfōk-ˌlȯr How to pronounce folklore (audio)
1
: traditional customs, tales, sayings, dances, or art forms preserved among a people
The coyote appears in much of Native American folklore.
Paul Bunyan is a figure from folklore.
2
: a branch of knowledge that deals with folklore
a specialist in folklore
3
: an often unsupported notion, story, or saying that is widely circulated
the folklore about the health risks of computers
folkloric adjective
folklorish adjective
folklorist noun
folkloristic adjective

Example Sentences

The coyote appears in a great deal of Native American folklore. the rich folklore of Louisiana He can't tell the difference between fact and folklore.
Recent Examples on the Web Winner of the 2002 Hugo, Bram Stoker, and Nebula Awards, American Gods asks the question: what if gods from various folklore were all real and anthropomorphized? Milan Polk, Men's Health, 11 Aug. 2022 How the characters Deer Lady and Tall Man, both drawn from Native folklore, are introduced without explanation. David Treuer, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2022 Magpie and the Tiger references Korea’s national bird and the belief, stemming from folklore, of the tiger’s protective character. Washington Post, 18 May 2022 Haley Dahl took the stage at Austin’s Mohawk bar on March 16 dressed like a witch from folklore, which checks out, considering her band Sloppy Jane’s recent album Madison was recorded in a cave. Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2022 The movie also makes skilled use of imagery from West African folklore — a breath of fresh air in a horror landscape so often uninterested in the African diaspora. Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2022 What’s the difference? Yiddish comedy, or Jewish comedy, has to do with Jewish folklore. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2021 In keeping with Asian folklore, these dragons are not enemies but guardians of humanity, aligned less with fire than with the life-giving elements of water and air. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021 In keeping with Asian folklore, these dragons are not enemies but guardians of humanity, aligned less with fire than with the life-giving elements of water and air. Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of folklore was in 1846
TOEFL BNC: 11883 COCA: 11419
folklore

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + FOLKLORE | FOLKLORE + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEpopular流傳甚廣的民間傳說local當地民間傳說baseball, cricket, sporting, etc.棒球、板球、體育競技等民俗VERB + FOLKLOREbe part of為民俗的一部份become part of, enter, enter into, pass into (especially BrE) 成為民俗的一部份;逐漸成為民俗The victory became part of sporting folklore.那次勝利已成為人們津津樂道的體育傳奇故事。FOLKLORE + VERBhave it that...傳說中稱⋯Local folklore has it that prehistoric men drove cattle over these cliffs.當地民間傳說中稱史前人類把野牛從這些懸崖上驅趕下去。PREPOSITIONaccording to folklore據傳說According to popular folklore, anyone who owns such a picture will have bad luck.民間盛傳擁有這樣圖畫的人會遭厄運。in...folklore在⋯傳說中a character in American folklore美國民間傳說中的一個人物

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