different between folks vs folksy

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

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ksi

Etymology

folks +? -y

Adjective

folksy (comparative folksier or more folksy, superlative folksiest or most folksy)

1. Characteristic of simple country life.
2. Informal, affable and familiar.

Synonyms

• (affable and familiar): chummy

Translations

See also

• just folks