different between commons vs folks

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: k?m??nz, IPA^(key): /?k?m?nz/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?m??nz, IPA^(key): /?k?m?nz/
• Hyphenation: com?mons

Noun

commons

1. plural of common

Noun

commons

1. A dining hall, usually at a college or university.
2. A central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area, a common.

   The Renaissance festival started with the "peasants" meeting in the commons.

   The commons is the green space surrounded by the village hall, the school, and the church.

   The commons of New England towns are important contributors to their charm.

3. (figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.

   Synonym: res communis

   "The tragedy of the commons" is that none wish to make sacrifices of their or their family's interests for the common good.

4. (euphemistic, obsolete) An outhouse.
5. (obsolete, Britain, Oxford University) Food served at a fixed rate from the college buttery, distinguished from battels.
6. Food in general; rations.

   short commons

Synonyms

• (outhouse): common house, House of Commons; see also Thesaurus:bathroom

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

commons

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of common

References

• commons in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Verb

commons

1. first-person plural present indicative of commer
2. first-person plural imperative of commer

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fo?ks/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??ks/
• Rhymes: -??ks

Etymology 1

Noun

folks pl (plural only)

1. The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents

2. (US) People in general; everybody or anybody.

3. (US, slang, rare, southern Louisiana) The police.

Noun

folks

1. plural of folk

Derived terms

• just folks

Related terms

• folk

Etymology 2

Coined by California historian Kevin Starr.

Noun

folks pl (plural only)

1. (California) Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States.

Danish

Noun

folks n

1. indefinite genitive singular of folk
2. indefinite genitive plural of folk

Noun

folks c

1. indefinite genitive singular of folk

Scots

Noun

folks

1. plural of folk

Swedish

Noun

folks

1. indefinite genitive plural of folk
2. indefinite genitive singular of folk