Meanings
Origin
From folklorist + -ics. Also by surface analysis, folklore + -istics.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian фолклори́стика
- фолклори́стика (folklorístika)formal academic study of folklore
Chinese Mandarin 民俗學 /民俗学
- 民俗學 /民俗学 (mínsúxué)formal academic study of folklore
Czech folkloristika
- folkloristikaformal academic study of folklore
Estonian folkloristika, rahvaluuleteadus
- folkloristikaformal academic study of folklore
- rahvaluuleteadusformal academic study of folklore
Finnish folkloristiikka, perinteentutkimus
- folkloristiikkaformal academic study of folklore
- perinteentutkimusformal academic study of folklore
German Volkskunde, Folkloristik
- Volkskundeformal academic study of folklore
- Folkloristikformal academic study of folklore
Greek λαογραφία
- λαογραφία (laografía)formal academic study of folklore
Hungarian folklorisztika
- folklorisztikaformal academic study of folklore
Icelandic þjóðfræði, þjóðsagnafræði
- þjóðfræðiformal academic study of folklore
- þjóðsagnafræðiformal academic study of folklore
Italian studi folcloristici, demologia
- studi folcloristiciformal academic study of folklore
- demologiaformal academic study of folklore
Japanese 民俗学
- 民俗学 (minzokugaku)formal academic study of folklore
Latvian folkloristika
- folkloristikaformal academic study of folklore
Polish folklorystyka
- folklorystykaformal academic study of folklore
Portuguese folclorismo, folclorística
- folclorismoformal academic study of folklore
- folclorísticaformal academic study of folklore
Romanian folcloristică
- folcloristicăformal academic study of folklore
Russian фольклори́стика
- фольклори́стика (folʹklorístika)formal academic study of folklore
Spanish ciencia del folklore
- ciencia del folkloreformal academic study of folklore
Swedish folkloristik
- folkloristikformal academic study of folklore
Turkish halk bilimi
- halk bilimiformal academic study of folklore
Ukrainian фольклори́стика
- фольклори́стика (folʹklorýstyka)formal academic study of folklore
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with folkloristics
statisticsneurolinguisticsanglisticsArabisticsBalkanisticsBohemisticsBulgaristicscasuisticscreolisticsGermanisticsHebraisticsHispanisticsHungaristicsIranisticsItalianisticsjournalisticsKoreanisticsMacedonisticsmedievalisticsMongolisticsparalinguisticsPolonisticsRomanisticsSemitistics
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
folkloristics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folkloristics
MLA
“folkloristics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folkloristics. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “folkloristics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folkloristics.
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