ballade

balad

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Definition of ballade - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

musique généralecomposition musicale ou chanson portant ce nom

Le pianiste a interprété une ballade romantique de Chopin.

chanson

pièce musicale

poésie classique

Dated

poème avec couplets, rimes fixes, refrain et envoi final

Dated

Villon a écrit de célèbres ballades au quinzième siècle.

récit versifié

Dated

récit en vers divisé en strophes racontant légendes ou histoires

Dated

Cette ballade raconte l'histoire tragique d'un chevalier.

jazz

TECH.

morceau de jazz lent de trente-deux mesures environ

TECH.

Le saxophoniste a joué une ballade très émouvante.

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ballade rythmée

chanson rock combinant mélodie douce et rythme marqué

Cette ballade rythmée clôture parfaitement leur album de heavy metal.

Origin of ballade

italien, ballata (chant)

Examples of ballade in a sentence

La ballade jouée à la guitare a ému le public.
La ballade se termine par un envoi émouvant.
Il a récité une ballade devant la classe.
Il a composé une ballade sur les exploits d'un roi.
La ballade médiévale était chantée lors des veillées.
Elle a chanté une ballade douce lors du concert de jazz.

La ballade qu'il a composée est très populaire parmi les amateurs de jazz.

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English:ballad, ballade, ...
German:Ballade, Verserzählung, ...
Italian:ballata, ballad, ...
Spanish:balada, poema narrativo, ...
Portuguese:balada, poema narrativo, ...
Chinese:叙事曲, 叠句诗, ...
Japanese:バラード, バラード詩, ...
Arabic:بالاد, قصيدة بالاد, ...
Hebrew:בַּלָּדָה, קֶטַע ג׳אז אִיטִי, ...
Russian:баллада, медленная джазовая композиция, ...
Ukrainian:балада, баллада, ...
Catalan:balada, ballada, ...
Danish:en ballade, ballade, ...
Dutch:ballade, langzaam jazznummer, ...
Greek:μπαλάντα, πεζογραφία, ...
Hungarian:ballada, ...
Khmer:បាឡាដ, បទបាឡាដ, ...
Korean:발라드, 고전 시형, ...
Polish:ballada, ballada jazzowa, ...
Portuguese (BR):balada, canção narrativa, ...
Romanian:balladă, baladă, ...
Swedish:ballad, diktvisa, ...
Thai:เพลงบัลลาด, บทบัลลาด, ...
Turkish:balad, nakaratlı şiir, ...
Vietnamese:ballade, thơ ballade, ...

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Noun, feminine

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