"balladry" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbælədɹi/ Forms: balladries [plural], ballatry [alternative]
Etymology: From ballad + -ry. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|ballad|-ry|text=+|tree=1}} From ballad + -ry., {{ety|en|:af|ballad|-ry|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English ballad Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erieaph. Middle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye English -ry English balladry From ballad + -ry. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} balladry (countable and uncountable, plural balladries)
  1. ballads considered as a group; also, the sharing (transmission), making and performing of ballads, ballads as an activity, as a tradition, as a body of work, as a craft, as implying a community of singers, makers and lovers of ballads. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: bush-balladry Translations (ballads considered as a group): bailéadaíocht [feminine] (Irish)

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