Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

folky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: folky
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the character of folk music

Informal

Example Sentences

"The band opened with a folky little number."
"James Taylor flew into England to see if he could interest the Beatles' Apple label into recording "Carolina In My Mind" and some of his other folky material."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *fulkazder. Proto-Germanic *fulką Proto-West Germanic *folk Old English folc Middle English folk English folk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English folky From folk + -y.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

folkier (comparative) folkiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

folkiness

Frequently Paired Words

folksy

Rhymes With

low-key poke smoky loki smokey hokey pokey toki okie hokey pokey oaky cokey

Questions

What does folky mean?: Having the character of folk music
Where does folky come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *fulkazder. Proto-Germanic *fulką Proto-West Germanic *folk Old English folc Middle English folk English folk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English folky From folk + -y.

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