folk dance


noun

a dance that originated among, and has been transmitted through, the common people. Compare court dance.
a piece of music for such a dance.

Origin of folk dance

First recorded in 1905–10

OTHER WORDS FROM folk dance

folk dancer, noun folk dancing, noun

Example sentences from the Web for folk dance

  • It's a Russian folk-dance my mother taught me the first year we were in this country.

  • The outlines of his tunes show unmistakably the influence of English folk-song and folk-dance.

    Purcell |John F. Runciman

British Dictionary definitions for folk dance

folk dance

noun

any of various traditional rustic dances often originating from festivals or rituals
a piece of music composed for such a dance

verb folk-dance (intr)

to perform a folk dance

Derived forms of folk dance

folk dancing, noun