ballade
Meaning
- ballade (lyric poem)
- ballad
Concepts
ballad
ballade
lay
song
excursion
outing
trip
junket
Frequency
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ba.lad/
Etymology
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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