folklore B2

noun

• фольклор, народное творчество

  фольклор, устное народное творчество, традиционные верования и обычаи

  the traditional stories, customs, and beliefs of a community, passed through generations by word of mouth

  Irish folklore is rich with tales of leprechauns and fairies. — Ирландский фольклор богат историями о лепреконах и феях.

  Синонимы: tradition, mythology, lore

• фольклор, фольклористика

  фольклор как область научного изучения

  the body of stories, songs, and customs that belong to a particular group of people, often studied as an academic subject

  She is a professor of folklore at the university. — Она профессор фольклора в университете.

  Синонимы: folk tradition, oral tradition

Сочетания: folkloric, folklorist, folk tale, folk music

Не путать с: lore, folktale