FOLK BALLAD
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)
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)
