ballad
n. countable B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈbæɫəd// UK //bˈæləd// bal·lad
n. a song or poem that tells a story, often about love or history. You hear ballads in folk music and on the radio.
n. a narrative song or poem, typically set to music, that recounts a story or event. Often associated with folk traditions or popular music genres.
She sang a sad ballad about lost love.
The folk singer performed a traditional ballad about a sailor lost at sea.
The album's closing track is a sweeping ballad that transforms a simple love story into a meditation on time and memory.
From French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballare. Doublet of ballade.