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Definition of ballad - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
musicslow romantic song
- They danced to a beautiful ballad at the wedding.
2.
storytellingnarrative song or poem with repeated lines
- The ballad told the tale of a lost sailor.
Expressions with ballad
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slow, emotional song typically featuring rock elements
The band's new album features a powerful power ballad about lost love..
poem celebrating Australian rural culture
The bush ballad recounted tales of the outback.
poetic form of quatrains with alternating four-beat and three-beat lines
The poem uses ballad metre, alternating four beats and three beats each line.
four-line stanza with specific rhyme and meter
The poem was written in a classic ballad stanza.
song passed down orally telling a story
The folk ballad told the tale of a brave knight.
dramatic musical work using popular tunes with spoken dialogue
The Beggar's Opera is a famous example of a ballad opera..
writes narrative songs or poems
The ballad maker crafted a touching story in his song.
traditional song sung by farm workers in Scotland
They sang a bothy ballad after a long day in the fields.
song telling story or news
The broadside ballad told of the king's adventures.
Origin of ballad
Old Provençal, ballada (dance song)
Terms with ballad included in their meaning
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music
ballad or sung poem
literature
the usual stanza form of a ballad
popular music
romantic ballad about yearning for unreturned or ended love
music
Italian or Provençal song or ballad
Irish ballad
popular Irish ballad inviting listeners to join
music
street ballad or folk song for communal singing
music
ballad about a vicar's changing faith
Examples of ballad in a sentence
He wrote a ballad for his beloved. She sang a ballad about ancient heroes. They performed a ballad at the village festival.
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- French:ballade, ...
- German:Ballade, ...
- Italian:ballata, canto narrativo, ...
- Spanish:balada, romance, ...
- Portuguese:balada, canção narrativa, ...
- Chinese:情歌, 叙事歌谣, ...
- Japanese:バラード, 物語歌, ...
- Arabic:أُغْنِيَة عَاطِفِيَّة, بالاد, ...
- Hebrew:בַּלָּדָה, ...
- Russian:баллада, ...
- Ukrainian:балада, ...
- Hindi:प्रेमगीत, कथागीत, ...
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