folklore

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfəʊk.lɔː/

名詞

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The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population. / (by extension) The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community.

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The village's folklore tells of a hidden spring that heals the sick.

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意味（1）

The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.

[…] there is no true American music but the wild sweet melodies of the Negro slave; the American fairy tales and folk-lore are Indian and African; and, all in all, we black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness.

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意味（2）

(by extension) The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community.

A selection of longer items of hacker folklore and humor is included in Appendix A, Hacker Folklore.

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folklores （ 複数形 ）