Definition of BALLADE

ballade

Meanings

Plural: ballades

Noun

  • a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy
  • Any of various genres of single-movement musical pieces having lyrical and narrative elements.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French ballade. Doublet of ballad.

Scrabble Score: 10

ballade is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ballade is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ballade is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

ballade is a valid Words With Friends word