ballad

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

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: baladë — narrative poem
• Arabic: بَالَاد (bālād) — narrative poem
• Armenian: վիպերգ (viperg) — narrative poem
• Azerbaijani: ballada — narrative poem
• Belarusian: бала́да (baláda) — narrative poem
• Bulgarian: бала́да (baláda) — narrative poem
• Catalan: balada — narrative poem
• Chinese Mandarin: 民謠 /民谣 (mínyáo) — narrative poem
• Chinese Mandarin: 歌謠 /歌谣 (gēyáo) — narrative poem
• Chinese Mandarin: 短歌 (duǎngē) — narrative poem
• Czech: balada — narrative poem
• Danish: ballade — narrative poem
• Dutch: ballade — narrative poem
• Esperanto: balado — narrative poem
• Estonian: ballaad — narrative poem
• Faroese: kvæði — narrative poem
• Finnish: balladi — narrative poem
• French: ballade — narrative poem
• Galician: balada — narrative poem
• Georgian: ბალადა (balada) — narrative poem
• German: Ballade — narrative poem
• Greek: μπαλάντα (balánta) — narrative poem
• Hebrew: בָּלָדָה (balada) — narrative poem
• Hindi: गाथागीत (gāthāgīt) — narrative poem
• Hungarian: ballada — narrative poem
• Ido: balado — narrative poem
• Indonesian: balada — narrative poem
• Irish: bailéad — narrative poem
• Italian: ballata — narrative poem
• Japanese: 民謡 (min'yō) — narrative poem
• Japanese: 歌謡 (kayō) — narrative poem
• Japanese: バラード (barādo) — narrative poem
• Kazakh: баллада (ballada) — narrative poem
• Korean: 민요 (minyo) — narrative poem
• Korean: 발라드 (balladeu) — narrative poem
• Kyrgyz: баллада (ballada) — narrative poem
• Latvian: balāde — narrative poem
• Lithuanian: baladė — narrative poem
• Macedonian: балада (balada) — narrative poem
• Malay: balada — narrative poem
• Māori: waiata paki — narrative poem
• Māori: ruri paki — narrative poem
• Norwegian: vise — narrative poem
• Norwegian Bokmål: ballade — narrative poem
• Occitan: balada — narrative poem
• Persian: چکامه (čakâme) — narrative poem
• Polish: ballada — narrative poem
• Portuguese: balada — narrative poem
• Romanian: baladă — narrative poem
• Russian: балла́да (balláda) — narrative poem
• Serbo-Croatian: бала́да — narrative poem
• Serbo-Croatian: baláda — narrative poem
• Slovak: balada — narrative poem
• Slovene: balada — narrative poem
• Spanish: balada — narrative poem
• Swedish: ballad — narrative poem
• Tagalog: tulamat — narrative poem
• Tajik: баллада (ballada) — narrative poem
• Thai: บัลลาด (ban-làat) — narrative poem
• Thai: ลํานํานิทาน (lam-nam-ní-taan) — narrative poem
• Turkish: koşuk — narrative poem
• Turkish: ezgi — narrative poem
• Udmurt: крезьмадь (kreźmaď) — narrative poem
• Udmurt: баллада (ballada) — narrative poem
• Ukrainian: бала́да (baláda) — narrative poem
• Uzbek: ballada — narrative poem
• Venetan: bałada — narrative poem
• Vietnamese: dân ca — narrative poem
• Welsh: baled — narrative poem
• Yiddish: באַלאַד (balad) — narrative poem
• Yiddish: באַלאַדע (balade) — narrative poem
• Albanian: baladë — slow romantic song
• Bulgarian: бала́да (baláda) — slow romantic song
• Chinese Mandarin: 芭樂 /芭乐 (bāyuè) — slow romantic song
• Finnish: balladi — slow romantic song
• French: ballade — slow romantic song
• German: Ballade — slow romantic song
• Greek: μπαλάντα (balánta) — slow romantic song
• Italian: ballata — slow romantic song
• Korean: 발라드 (balladeu) — slow romantic song
• Persian: تصنیف (tasnif) — slow romantic song
• Polish: ballada — slow romantic song
• Portuguese: balada — slow romantic song
• Russian: балла́да (balláda) — slow romantic song
• Russian: рома́нс (románs) — slow romantic song
• Spanish: balada — slow romantic song
• Thai: บัลลาด (ban-làat) — slow romantic song
• Ukrainian: бала́да (baláda) — slow romantic song
• Welsh: baled — slow romantic song
• Polish: balladować — to compose or sing ballads