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ballad

/ˈbæl.əd/

balladnoun

ballads

/ˈbæl.əd/

Translations

ballademusique ; chanson lente, sentimentale ou romantique

The singer performed a beautiful ballad about lost love.

Le chanteur a interprété une belle ballade sur l'amour perdu.

Additional translations

balladepoésie ; poème narratif traditionnel

Definitions

A type of song or poem that tells a story, often a romantic or sentimental one.

The singer performed a beautiful ballad about lost love.

A slow, sentimental, or romantic song.

The band ended their concert with a touching ballad that moved the audience to tears.

A narrative poem, traditionally of folk origin and composed in short stanzas, adapted for singing.

Scholars have preserved an ancient Scottish ballad about a doomed love triangle.

Synonyms

balladverb

balladed

Past Simple

balladed

Past Participle

ballading

ing-form

Rare/literary: to celebrate or describe in (the form of) a ballad.

Translations

Additional translations

composerlittéraire ; mettre en ballade

Definitions

To compose, sing, or celebrate in the form of a ballad.

The poet balladed the hero's adventures in simple rhyming verses.

Synonyms

songify

compose (a ballad)

set to music

balladadjective

/ˈbæl.əd/

Used attributively to denote something characteristic of or relating to ballads.

Translations

balladiquelittéraire ; qui relève de la ballade ou en a le style

The album features a ballad arrangement of the anthem.

L'album propose un arrangement balladique de l'hymne.

Definitions

Relating to or characteristic of a ballad; in the style of a ballad.

The album features a ballad arrangement of the anthem.

Synonyms