Ballad — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

a narrative poem of popular origin

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæpɪtˌeɪlɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈafɔːɹˌɪsts/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈafɔːɹˌɪsts/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈæpɪtˌeɪlɪŋ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

lay

Word Forms

balladeer

noun

a singer of popular ballads

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Ballade

ein erzählendes Lied mit einem wiederkehrenden Refrain

🇫🇷French

ballade

une chanson narrative avec un refrain récurrent

🇪🇸Spanish

balada

una canción narrativa con un estribillo recurrente

🇮🇹Italian

ballata

una canzone narrativa con un ritornello ricorrente

🇳🇱Dutch

ballade

een verhalend lied met een terugkerend refrein

🇵🇹Portuguese

balada

uma canção narrativa com um refrão recorrente

🇷🇺Russian

баллада

повествовательная песня с повторяющимся припевом

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गाथागीत

आवर्ती पुनरावृत्ति के साथ एक कथात्मक गीत

🇧🇩Bengali

গীতিনাট্য

একটি পুনরাবৃত্ত বিরত সঙ্গে একটি আখ্যান গান

🇮🇳Tamil

பல்லவி

திரும்பத் திரும்ப வரும் பல்லவியுடன் கூடிய கதைப் பாடல்

🇮🇳Telugu

బల్లాడ్

పునరావృత పల్లవితో కూడిన కథన పాట

🇮🇳Marathi

बॅलड

वारंवार येणारे परावृत्त असलेले कथात्मक गाणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

લોકગીત

રિકરન્ટ રિફરન્સ સાથેનું વર્ણનાત્મક ગીત

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಾಡಗೀತೆ

ಪುನರಾವರ್ತಿತ ಪಲ್ಲವಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ನಿರೂಪಣಾ ಹಾಡು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബാലാഡ്

ആവർത്തിച്ചുള്ള പല്ലവിയുള്ള ഒരു ആഖ്യാന ഗാനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੀਤ

ਇੱਕ ਵਾਰ-ਵਾਰ ਪਰਹੇਜ਼ ਵਾਲਾ ਇੱਕ ਬਿਰਤਾਂਤਕ ਗੀਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

گانا

بار بار آنے والے گریز کے ساتھ ایک داستانی گانا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

民谣

一首反复出现副歌的叙事歌曲

🇯🇵Japanese

バラード

繰り返されるリフレインのある物語的な歌

🇰🇷Korean

민요

반복되는 후렴구가 있는 내러티브 노래

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bản ballad

một bài hát tường thuật với một điệp khúc lặp đi lặp lại

🇹🇭Thai

เพลงบัลลาด

เพลงเล่าเรื่องที่มีท่อนร้องซ้ำ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kidung

sebuah lagu naratif dengan refrain yang berulang

🇵🇭Filipino

balad

isang salaysay na awit na may paulit-ulit na pagpigil

🇲🇾Malay

balada

lagu naratif dengan refrain berulang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أغنية

أغنية روائية مع لازمة متكررة

🇮🇷Persian

تصنیف

یک ترانه روایی با یک ترانه مکرر

🇹🇷Turkish

balad

yinelenen bir nakarat içeren anlatısal bir şarkı

🇮🇱Hebrew

בַּלָדָה

שיר סיפורי עם פזמון חוזר

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