folk
n. C / Un. people in general or a specific group of people. You can also use it to talk about your family members, especially your parents.
n. people in general or a specific group of people belonging to a particular class or location. Often used in the plural form to refer to one's parents or immediate family.
The local folk are very friendly to visitors.
I am heading back to my hometown this weekend to visit my folks.
While the festival celebrates traditional folk music, it also attracts young folk who are interested in modern acoustic interpretations of those classic melodies.
From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁-gós, from pleh₁- (“to fill”). Cognate with German Volk, Dutch volk, Swedish folk and Danish folk. Doublet of volk.
The plural form 'folks' is common in informal speech to address a group or refer to family. As a collective noun, 'folk' can take either a singular or plural verb depending on the dialect.