Feminine

ballade

  1. (feminine) ballade (lyric poem)
  2. (feminine) ballad

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ba.lad/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French balade, from Provençal balada (“song for dancing”), from balar (“to dance”), from Late Latin ballare, borrowed from, or related to, Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō). Doublet of ballée.

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