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ludowy.

folk (of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

adj/luˈdɔ.vɘ/
  1. folk (of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites)

    not-comparable · relational
  2. folk (believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous)

    not-comparable
  3. vernacular (of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom)

    not-comparable
  4. people's (considered to be of, from, or in tune with the common people, rather than from a ruling elite)

    not-comparable
  5. folk, vernacular (of or related to local building materials and styles)

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-o-s Proto-Slavic *ľudъ Polish lud Proto-Indo-European *-usder. Proto-Indo-European *-osder. Proto-Slavic *-ovъ Old Polish -owy Polish -owy Polish ludowy From lud + -owy. First attested in the 19th century. Compare Kashubian lëdowi and Silesian ludowy.

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