ballada

See also: balladą

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈʎa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [baˈʎa.ða]

Participle

ballada f sg

1. feminine singular of ballat

Hungarian

Etymology

An internationalism, mainly via German. Compare German Ballade, English ballad, French ballade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒlːɒdɒ]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: bal‧la‧da
• Rhymes: -dɒ

Noun

ballada (plural balladák)

1. ballad (a form of verse)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ballada	balladák
accusative	balladát	balladákat
dative	balladának	balladáknak
instrumental	balladával	balladákkal
causal-final	balladáért	balladákért
translative	balladává	balladákká
terminative	balladáig	balladákig
essive-formal	balladaként	balladákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	balladában	balladákban
superessive	balladán	balladákon
adessive	balladánál	balladáknál
illative	balladába	balladákba
sublative	balladára	balladákra
allative	balladához	balladákhoz
elative	balladából	balladákból
delative	balladáról	balladákról
ablative	balladától	balladáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	balladáé	balladáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	balladáéi	balladákéi

Possessive forms of ballada
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	balladám	balladáim
2nd person sing.	balladád	balladáid
3rd person sing.	balladája	balladái
1st person plural	balladánk	balladáink
2nd person plural	balladátok	balladáitok
3rd person plural	balladájuk	balladáik

Derived terms

• balladai
• balladaszerű

 

Compound words

• balladaköltészet
• betyárballada
• műballada
• népballada
• vígballada

 

Further reading

• ballada in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ballada in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ballade, from Old French balade, from Provençal balada, from Old Occitan ballada, from Late Latin ballare, from Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balˈla.da/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: bal‧la‧da

Noun

ballada f (diminutive balladka)

1. (poetry) ballad (narrative poem)
2. (music) ballad (slow romantic song)

Declension

Declension of ballada

	singular	plural
nominative	ballada	ballady
genitive	ballady	ballad
dative	balladzie	balladom
accusative	balladę	ballady
instrumental	balladą	balladami
locative	balladzie	balladach
vocative	ballado	ballady

Derived terms

adjectives

• balladowy
• balladyczny

 

adverb

• balladowo

 

nouns

• balladomania
• balladowość
• balladyczność
• balladzista
• balladzistka

 

verb

• balladować

 

Further reading

• ballada in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ballada in Polish dictionaries at PWN