ballade
Plural: ballades
Noun
- A form of medieval French verse, or a short lyrical piano piece.
- 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.
Examples
- Playing BALLADE was a more sophisticated move than simply playing BALLAD.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French ballade. Doublet of ballad.
Scrabble Score: 10
ballade: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordballade: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ballade: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
ballade: valid Words With Friends Word