ballad B2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈbæləd/ See IPA manual Freq #15869 Meanings 1 noun A slow, romantic song. The singer ended the concert with a beautiful ballad. 2 noun A poem or song that tells a story, often a sad or romantic one. The old ballad tells the story of two doomed lovers. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · a poem or song that tells a... lay Word family Forms ballads Derived forms balladeerballaderballadesqueballadicballadistballadizeballadlikeballadlingballadmongerballadryballadwise Common collocations ballad maker Noun + noun Etymology AI details From French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballare. Doublet of balada and ballade. *gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European ballade French ballada pro ballare la-lat View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ballad **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbæləd/ **Frequency rank:** 15869 ## Meanings 1. A slow, romantic song. 2. A poem or song that tells a story, often a sad or romantic one. ## Examples - The singer ended the concert with a beautiful ballad. - The old ballad tells the story of two doomed lovers. ## Derived Forms - balladeer - ballader - balladesque - balladic - balladist - balladize - balladlike - balladling - balladmonger - balladry - balladwise ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *gʷelH- - Root: ballade - Root: ballada - Root: ballare ## Etymology From French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballare. Doublet of balada and ballade. ## AI Etymology Ballad comes from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballare. Doublet of balada and ballade. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown