different between folklore vs cuca

English

Etymology

From folk +? lore, coined in 1846 by William Thoms to replace terms such as "popular antiquities". Thoms imitated German terms such as Volklehre (“people's customs”) and Volksüberlieferung ("popular tradition"). Compare also Old English folclar ("popular instruction; homily") and West Frisian folkloare (“folklore”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??k.l??/

Noun

folklore (countable and uncountable, plural folklores)

1. The tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population.

Derived terms

• folkloric
• folklorish
• folklorism
• folklorist

Related terms

• folkloristics

Descendants

Translations

See also

• folk
• lore
• myth
• oral tradition
• intangible cultural heritage

Catalan

Etymology

From English folklore.

Noun

folklore m (uncountable)

1. folklore

Derived terms

• folklòric

Further reading

• “folklore” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “folklore” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “folklore” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “folklore” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From English folklore, from folk + lore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?lklo?r?/, [f?l???lo??], [f?l?k?lo??]

Noun

folklore c (singular definite folkloren, not used in plural form)

1. folklore

Further reading

• “folklore” in Den Danske Ordbog
• folklore on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Etymology

From English folklore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?l.kl??/

Noun

folklore m (plural folklores)

1. folklore

Further reading

• “folklore” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English folklore.

Noun

folklore m (definite singular folkloren, indefinite plural folklorer, definite plural folklorene)

1. folklore

References

• “folklore” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English folklore.

Noun

folklore m (definite singular folkloren, indefinite plural folklorar, definite plural folklorane)

1. folklore

References

• “folklore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Noun

folklore m (plural folklores)

1. Alternative spelling of folclore

English

Noun

cuca (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of coca

Anagrams

• accu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ku.ka/, /?ku.k?/
• Homophone: Cuca

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

cuca f (plural cucas)

1. (familiar) head

   Synonyms: cabeça, (familiar) coco

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kuchen (“cake”).

Noun

cuca f (plural cucas)

1. (South Brazil) Streuselkuchen (a cake of German origin made of yeast dough covered with sweet crumb topping)
   • Carlos Vieira (2005) Armazem Colombo, ?ISBN, page 82:

     Segundo o autor Alexandre de Freitas, “aparentada do stollen e do panetone, a cuca nada mais é do que um pão doce feito com massa mole e batida, onde são acrescentadas frutas secas ou frescas, no meio ou sobre a massa; […] ”.

     According to author Alexandre de Freitas, “related to stollen and panetone, Streuselkuchen is nothing more than a sweet bread made with soft, beaten dough, to which dry or fresh fruit is added in the middle or on top of; […] ”.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English cook.

Noun

cuca m (plural cucas)

1. (humorous) a skilled cook or chef

   Synonyms: (any cook) cozinheiro, mestre-cuca

Spanish

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin; see also Ancient Greek ?????? (kókkux) and Late Latin cucus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kuka/, [?ku.ka]

Adjective

cuca

1. feminine singular of cuco

Noun

cuca f (plural cucas)

1. chufa, earth almond, Cyperus esculentus

   Synonyms: alcatufa, chufa

2. (entomology) caterpillar

   Synonym: oruga

3. (colloquial) woman who likes to gamble

4. (colloquial) hag, bogeywoman
5. (colloquial) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

6. (Colombia) cookie made of wheat flour and panela
7. (vulgar, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) pussy (vagina)
8. (Spain, colloquial) peseta

Derived terms

• cucaracha

See also

• Cyperus esculentus on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “cuca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.