ballad

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A slow, romantic song.

   The singer ended the concert with a beautiful ballad.

2. 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.

From French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballare. Doublet of balada and ballade.

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