"ballade" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ballades [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French ballade. Doublet of ballad. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷelH-}}, {{bor|en|fr|ballade}} French ballade, {{doublet|en|ballad}} Doublet of ballad Head templates: {{en-noun}} ballade (plural ballades)
  1. (music) Any of various genres of single-movement musical pieces having lyrical and narrative elements. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-ballade-en-noun-3CvGbgrx Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (poetry) A poem of one or more triplets of seven- or eight-line stanzas, each ending with the same line as refrain, and usually an envoi; more generally, any poem in stanzas of equal length. Categories (topical): Poetry
    Sense id: en-ballade-en-noun-r-QYHaWN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ballade royal Related terms: ballad

Inflected forms

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