FOLK BALLAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does folk ballad mean? 

• FOLK BALLAD (noun)
  The noun FOLK BALLAD has 1 sense:

1. a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture

  Familiarity information: FOLK BALLAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOLK BALLAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

folk ballad; folk song; folksong

Hypernyms ("folk ballad" is a kind of...):

song; vocal (a short musical composition with words)

ethnic music; folk; folk music (the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "folk ballad"):

blues (a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes)

fado (a sad Portuguese folksong)