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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbæləd/, /ˈbælɪt/ (note: Appalachians, obsolete) Audio: en-us-ballad.ogg Forms: ballads [plural]
Etymology: From French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballare. Doublet of ballade. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷelH-}}, {{bor|en|fr|ballade}} French ballade, {{der|en|pro|ballada|t=poem for a dance}} Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), {{der|en|LL.|ballare}} Late Latin ballare, {{doublet|en|ballade}} Doublet of ballade Head templates: {{en-noun}} ballad (plural ballads)
  1. A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas. Categories (topical): Poetry Translations (narrative poem): baladë [feminine] (Albanian), بَالَاد (bālād) [masculine] (Arabic), վիպերգ (viperg) (Armenian), ballada (Azerbaijani), бала́да (baláda) [feminine] (Belarusian), бала́да (baláda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), balada [feminine] (Catalan), 民謠 (Chinese Mandarin), 民谣 (mínyáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 歌謠 (Chinese Mandarin), 歌谣 (gēyáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 短歌 (duǎngē) (Chinese Mandarin), balada [feminine] (Czech), ballade [common-gender] (Danish), ballade [feminine] (Dutch), balado (Esperanto), ballaad (Estonian), kvæði [feminine] (Faroese), balladi (Finnish), ballade [feminine] (French), balada [feminine] (Galician), ბალადა (balada) (Georgian), Ballade [feminine] (German), μπαλάντα (balánta) [feminine] (Greek), בָּלָדָה (balada) [feminine] (Hebrew), गाथागीत (gāthāgīt) [masculine] (Hindi), ballada (Hungarian), balado (Ido), balada (Indonesian), bailéad [masculine] (Irish), ballata [feminine] (Italian), 民謡 (min'yō) (alt: みんよう) (Japanese), 歌謡 (kayō) (alt: かよう) (Japanese), バラード (barādo) (Japanese), баллада (ballada) (Kazakh), 민요 (minyo) (alt: 民謠) (Korean), 발라드 (balladeu) (Korean), баллада (ballada) (Kyrgyz), balāde [feminine] (Latvian), baladė [feminine] (Lithuanian), балада (balada) [feminine] (Macedonian), balada (Malay), waiata paki (Maori), ruri paki (Maori), vise (Norwegian), ballade (Norwegian Bokmål), balada [feminine] (Occitan), چکامه (čakâme) (Persian), ballada [feminine] (Polish), balada [feminine] (Portuguese), baladă [feminine] (Romanian), балла́да (balláda) [feminine] (Russian), бала́да [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), baláda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), balada [feminine] (Slovak), balada [feminine] (Slovene), balada [feminine] (Spanish), ballad [common-gender] (Swedish), tulamat (Tagalog), баллада (ballada) (Tajik), บัลลาด (ban-làat) (Thai), ลำนำนิทาน (lam-nam-ní-taan) (Thai), koşuk (Turkish), ezgi (Turkish), бала́да (baláda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ballada (Uzbek), bałada [feminine] (Venetan), dân ca (alt: 民歌) (Vietnamese), baled [feminine] (Welsh), באַלאַד (balad) [masculine] (Yiddish), באַלאַדע (balade) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-ballad-en-noun-XitDV7HR Disambiguation of Poetry: 79 5 13 3 Disambiguation of 'narrative poem': 97 3
  2. A slow romantic song. Translations (slow romantic song): baladë (Albanian), бала́да (baláda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 芭樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 芭乐 (bāyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), balladi (Finnish), ballade [feminine] (French), Ballade [feminine] (German), μπαλάντα (balánta) [feminine] (Greek), ballata [feminine] (Italian), 발라드 (balladeu) (Korean), تصنیف (tasnif) (Persian), ballada [feminine] (Polish), balada [feminine] (Portuguese), балла́да (balláda) [feminine] (Russian), рома́нс (románs) [masculine] (Russian), balada [feminine] (Spanish), บัลลาด (ban-làat) (Thai), бала́да (baláda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), baled [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-ballad-en-noun-~PN8Y9gg Disambiguation of 'slow romantic song': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbæləd/, /ˈbælɪt/ (note: Appalachians, obsolete) Audio: en-us-ballad.ogg Forms: ballads [present, singular, third-person], ballading [participle, present], balladed [participle, past], balladed [past]
Etymology: From French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballare. Doublet of ballade. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷelH-}}, {{bor|en|fr|ballade}} French ballade, {{der|en|pro|ballada|t=poem for a dance}} Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), {{der|en|LL.|ballare}} Late Latin ballare, {{doublet|en|ballade}} Doublet of ballade Head templates: {{en-verb}} ballad (third-person singular simple present ballads, present participle ballading, simple past and past participle balladed)
  1. (obsolete) To make mention of in ballads. Tags: obsolete
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  2. (intransitive) To compose or sing ballads. Tags: intransitive Translations (to compose or sing ballads): balladować [imperfective, rare] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-ballad-en-verb-pH81cfeZ Disambiguation of 'to compose or sing ballads': 11 89

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "word": "ballada"
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          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "baláda",
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          "roman": "baláda",
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          "word": "бала́да"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "word": "民謠"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mínyáo",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "duǎngē",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "word": "短歌"
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          "word": "ballade"
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          "sense": "narrative poem",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
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          "word": "balladi"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "word": "ballade"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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          "word": "balada"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "balada",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "word": "ბალადა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Ballade"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "balánta",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "balada",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "בָּלָדָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "gāthāgīt",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "गाथागीत"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "word": "ballada"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "word": "balado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "word": "balada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bailéad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ballata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "alt": "みんよう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "min'yō",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "word": "民謡"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "alt": "かよう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kayō",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "word": "歌謡"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "barādo",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "word": "バラード"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ballada",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "word": "баллада"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "alt": "民謠",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "minyo",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "word": "민요"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "balladeu",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "word": "발라드"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ballada",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "word": "баллада"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "balāde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "baladė"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "balada",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "балада"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "narrative poem",
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      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "narrative poem",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bałada"
    },
    {
      "alt": "民歌",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "narrative poem",
      "word": "dân ca"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "narrative poem",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baled"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "balad",
      "sense": "narrative poem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "באַלאַד"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "balade",
      "sense": "narrative poem",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "באַלאַדע"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "word": "baladë"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "baláda",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бала́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "word": "芭樂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bāyuè",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "word": "芭乐"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "word": "balladi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ballade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ballade"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "balánta",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μπαλάντα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ballata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "balladeu",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "word": "발라드"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tasnif",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "word": "تصنیف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ballada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "balláda",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "балла́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "románs",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рома́нс"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balada"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ban-làat",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "word": "บัลลาด"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "baláda",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бала́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "slow romantic song",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baled"
    }
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}

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        "To make mention of in ballads."
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        "To compose or sing ballads."
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        "(intransitive) To compose or sing ballads."
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      "sense": "to compose or sing ballads",
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      "word": "balladować"
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