different between guy vs folk

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: g?, IPA^(key): /?a?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Etymology 1

Named after Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), an English Catholic hanged for his role in the Gunpowder Plot.

Noun

guy (plural guys)

1. (Britain) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
2. (dated) A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".
   • 1845, Henry Cockton, The Love Match, W.M. Clark, p. 77:

     “But shan’t I look a guy?”

     “Not a bit of it. Jist the very kick!”

   • 1865, Margaret Oliphant, Miss Marjoribanks, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 97, p. 316:

     I am always a perfect guy, whatever I wear, when I sit against a red curtain. You mean say that a woman always knows when she’s good-looking, but I am happy to say I know when I look a guy.

   • 1885, W. S. Gilbert, The Mikado, “As Some Day It May Happen”:

     And the lady from the provinces, who dresses like a guy,

     And who “doesn’t think she dances, but would rather like to try” […].

   • 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 138:

     Why are you so ashamed that her child saw you looking a guy, sprawled on the floor, spilling cakes?

4. (colloquial) A man, fellow.

   Synonyms: dude, fella, homey, bro, bloke, chap; see also Thesaurus:man

   Coordinate terms: gal, broad, dame, girl, jane, woman, bird, chick

   • "Yeah we did," said Stacy.

   • 2016, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, The Guardian, 9 March:

     Let’s be honest. “Have I kissed too many guys?” is not a question that mature, sexually active women are likely to be asking Google.

5. (especially in the plural) A person (see usage notes).
6. (colloquial, of animals and sometimes objects) Thing, creature.
7. (colloquial, figuratively) Thing, unit.

8. (informal, term of address) Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.

Usage notes

• In plural, guys may not be completely gender-neutral but it may refer to people of either sex in some circumstances and forms; the greeting “Hey guys”, or any vocative utterance, can generally refer to people of either gender. Referring to a group as “guys” often means a group of men or a mixed-gender group, though usage among American youth may even refer to groups of only women.
• When used of animals, guy usually refers to either a male or one whose gender is not known; it is rarely if ever used of an animal that is known to be female.
• In some varieties of US and Canadian English, you guys revives the distinction between a singular and plural you, much like y'all in other varieties; in this sense, guys may be used for groups of any combination of genders. Cf. usage notes at you guys.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

guy (third-person singular simple present guys, present participle guying, simple past and past participle guyed)

1. (intransitive) To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
2. (transitive) To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
   • 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin 2004, p. 278:

     Swift and other satirists mercilessly guyed the unlettered self-importance of the peddlars of such soul-food, exposing their humility and self-laceration as an egregious and obnoxious form of self-advertisement (s'excuser, c'est s'accuser).

   • 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 187:

     Terry Kilmartin [...], applauded for every ‘um’ and ‘ah’, knew that he was being guyed and had the charm to make it funny.

3. (theater, transitive) To play in a comedic manner.

Etymology 2

From Old French guie.

Noun

guy (plural guys or (nonstandard) guies)

1. (obsolete, rare) A guide; a leader or conductor.
3. (chiefly nautical) A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered.
4. (chiefly nautical) A support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension-bridge).

Holonyms

• (nautical): cordage

Derived terms

• guy rope
• guy wire

Translations

Verb

guy (third-person singular simple present guys, present participle guying, simple past and past participle guyed)

1. To equip with a support cable.

Translations

See also

• gal

References

• guy at OneLook Dictionary Search
• guy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• yug

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English guy.

Noun

guy m (plural guys, diminutive guytje n)

1. (informal, chiefly Netherlands) guy

   Synonyms: gozer, gast, kerel, sjarel

See also

• boy

English

Alternative forms

• vok, volk, volke (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?, from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?-gós, from *pleh?- (“to fill”). Cognate with German Volk, Dutch volk, Swedish folk and Danish folk. Doublet of volk.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

folk (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
2. Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
3. (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
4. Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous.

Derived terms

• folk etymology

Translations

Noun

folk (plural folk or folks)

1. (archaic) A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.
   • J. R. Green

     The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war.

2. The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
   • 1907, Race Prejudice, Jean Finot, page 251:

     We thus arrive at a most unexpected imbroglio. The French have become a Germanic folk and the Germanic folk have become Gaulish!

3. (plural only, plural: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
4. (music) Folk music.
5. (plural only) People in general.
6. (plural only) A particular group of people.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• "folk" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 136.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fólk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?lk/, [f?l???]

Noun

folk n (singular definite folket, plural indefinite folk)

1. people, persons

   Der var mange folk på torvet.

   There were many people on the plaza.

2. one, people

   Folk ved ikke hvor meget deres hamstre er værd.

   People don't know how much their hamsters are worth.

3. (countable) a people, a nation (not necessarily politically or geographically united)
4. crew

Declension

Synonyms

• (nation): folkeslag, nation

Derived terms

• hoffolk

Further reading

• “folk” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “folk” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From English folk (“folk music”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?w??]

Noun

folk c (singular definite folken, not used in plural form)

1. folk music (contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music)

See also

• folk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Finnish

Alternative forms

• folkki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?folk/, [?fo?lk]
• Rhymes: -olk
• Syllabification: folk

Noun

folk

1. (music) folk, folk music

Declension

Compounds

• folklaulaja
• folkmusiikki

Middle English

Alternative forms

• folke, foolk, fok, folck, folc, follc, volk

Etymology

From Old English folk, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?lk/

Noun

folk (plural folk or folkes)

1. people, folk (multiple individuals)
2. nation, race, stock
3. group, band, troop (of people):
   1. subjects, followers, comitatus
   2. army, retinue (group of armed people)
   3. gathering, parliament
4. family, kin, relatives
5. humankind, humanity; all people
6. (rare) creatures, beings

Usage notes

Can be treated as a singular or a plural noun.

Related terms

• lond folk
• Northfolk
• Suffolk

Descendants

• English: folk
• Scots: fowk

References

• “folk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fólk, folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.

Noun

folk n (definite singular folket, indefinite plural folk, definite plural folka or folkene)

1. a people
2. people in general
3. folk

Derived terms

Related terms

• avfolke
• befolke

References

• “folk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fólk, folk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?lk/

Noun

folk n (definite singular folket, indefinite plural folk, definite plural folka)

1. people

Derived terms

References

• “folk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• fulk,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulk?.

Noun

folk n

1. people, folk

Inflection

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: folk

• Saterland Frisian: Foulk
• West Frisian: folk

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• folc

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulk?.

Noun

folk n

1. people, folk

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: volk
  • Low German:
    • German Low German:

      Hamburgisch: Volk

      Westphalian:

      Lippisch: Volk

      Ravensbergisch: Folk

      Sauerländisch: Volk

      Westmünsterländisch: Volk

  • Plautdietsch: Volkj

Polish

Etymology

From English folk (music), from Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?, from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?-gós, from *pleh?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?lk/

Noun

folk m inan

1. folk music (contemporary music in traditional style)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) foklowy

Related terms

• (adverb) foklowo

Further reading

• folk in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• folk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English folk.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?fow.ki/

Noun

folk m (uncountable)

1. (music) folk music (contemporary music in traditional style)

   Synonym: música folk

Romanian

Etymology

From English folk.

Noun

folk n (uncountable)

1. folk music

Declension

Scots

Noun

folk (plural folks)

1. Alternative spelling of fowk

Spanish

Etymology

English folk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?folk/, [?folk]

Noun

folk m (uncountable)

1. folk (music)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fólk, folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.

Pronunciation

Noun

folk n

1. (uncountable) people in general, humans
2. a people, a nation; in compounds referring to local or national traditions (folklore), national institutions (folkhem) or international relations (folkrätt)

Declension

Derived terms

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /folk/

Noun

folk n (plural folken, diminutive folkje)

1. people, folk

Further reading

• “folk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Interjection

folk

1. call at the door if anyone's home