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folks

SubstantivSubstantivSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen

  • Vereinigtes Königreich//fəʊks//
  • Vereinigte Staaten//foʊks//
  • Vereinigte Staaten//foʊlks//

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

Substantiv

  1. 1

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

    My folks visit us at Christmas.

  2. 2

    People in general; everybody or anybody.

    Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.

    Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight. Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it. Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin'-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks.

    ‘Hi, folks,’ Henry said, using inclusive terminology because one of them was female.

  3. 3

    seltenThe police.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    Auch eine Form von folkplural of folk

Substantiv

  1. 1

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

    McPherson's healing ministry, in fact. was at the core of her success, since so many of the Folks had come to Southern California in late middle or old age in the hope of regaining lost health.

Herkunft

Coined by California historian Kevin Starr.

Die NachbarseitenDie alphabetische Reihenfolge folgt den Regeln der Sprache, nicht den Bytewerten: Ein Akzent entscheidet nur zwischen zwei sonst gleichen Wörtern, und das Spanische führt Ñ als eigenen Buchstaben.

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