fowk

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʌuk/

Noun

fowk (plural fowk or fowks)

  1. folk, people
    Synonym: lede

Derived terms

  • selkie fowk (“(collectively) selkie”, literally “seal folk”)

References

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