Meanings
nounfolk dance (countable and uncountable, plural folk dances)
plural folk dances
- countableuncountableAny dance traditionally performed by the common people of a specific region.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)
Similar
Broader
social dancing
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic رَقْص شَعْبِيّ
- رَقْص شَعْبِيّ (raqṣ šaʕbiyy)genre of dance
Chinese Mandarin 民間舞蹈 /民间舞蹈, 民族舞蹈
- 民間舞蹈 /民间舞蹈 (mínjiān wǔdǎo)genre of dance
- 民族舞蹈 (mínzú wǔdǎo)genre of dance
Danish folkedans
- folkedansgenre of dance
Dutch volksdans
- volksdansgenre of dance
Finnish kansantanssi
- kansantanssigenre of dance
French danse traditionnelle
- danse traditionnellegenre of dance
German Volkstanz
- Volkstanzgenre of dance
Hebrew ריקוד עם
- ריקוד עםgenre of dance
Hindi लोक नृत्य
- लोक नृत्य (lok nŕtya)genre of dance
Hungarian néptánc, népi tánc
- néptáncgenre of dance
- népi táncgenre of dance
Japanese フォークダンス, 民族舞踊
- フォークダンス (fōkudansu)genre of dance
- 民族舞踊 (minzoku buyō)genre of dance
Korean 민족 무용
- 민족 무용 (minjok muyong)genre of dance
Norwegian Bokmål folkedans
- folkedansgenre of dance
Polish taniec ludowy
- taniec ludowygenre of dance
Portuguese dança tradicional
- dança tradicionalgenre of dance
Russian наро́дный та́нец
- наро́дный та́нец (naródnyj tánec)genre of dance
Spanish baile tradicional, danza tradicional
- baile tradicionalgenre of dance
- danza tradicionalgenre of dance
Swedish folkdans
- folkdansgenre of dance
Cite this entry
APA
folk dance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folk%20dance
MLA
“folk dance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folk%20dance. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “folk dance,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folk%20dance.
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