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Useful english dictionary. 2012.
ballade — late 14c., an earlier borrowing of BALLAD (Cf. ballad) (q.v.) with a specific metrical sense. Technically, a poem consisting of one or more triplets of seven (later eight ) lined stanzas, each ending with the same line as the refrain, usually… … Etymology dictionary
Ballade — The ballade (pronEng|bəˈlɑːd; not to be confused with the ballad) is a verse form typically consisting of three eight line stanzas, each with a consistent metre and a particular rhyme scheme. The last line in the stanza is a refrain, and the… … Wikipedia
ballade — n. poem of one or more sets of three , seven or eight lined stanzas, with envoi of four or five lines. ♦ ballade royal, stanzas of seven or eight decasyllabic lines; rime royal … Dictionary of difficult words
Ballade (musique) — Ballade Pour les articles homonymes, voir balade. Initialement, la ballade est une forme fixe du lyrisme courtois de la fin du Moyen Âge ; le terme a connu un renouveau au XIXe siècle, notamment grâce au mouvement du romantisme ;… … Wikipédia en Français
royal — royal, ale, aux [ rwajal, o ] adj. • v. 1200; real 1130; regiel 880; lat. regalis 1 ♦ Du roi; qui concerne le roi, se fait en son nom. La couronne royale. Palais royal. La famille royale. Son, Votre Altesse Royale. ♢ Loc. La voie royale : la voie … Encyclopédie Universelle
Ballade — Pour les articles homonymes, voir balade. Initialement, la ballade est une forme fixe du lyrisme courtois de la fin du Moyen Âge ; le terme a connu un renouveau au XIXe siècle, notamment grâce au mouvement du romantisme. Il est encore… … Wikipédia en Français
ballade — The ballade was one of the major fixed forms of late medieval French lyric poetry. The name seems to have come from the Old Provençal ballada, which was a dance song. Guillaume de MACHAUT is generally credited with inventing and developing the … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
ballade — /beuh lahd , ba /; Fr. /bann lannd /, n., pl. ballades / lahdz /; Fr. / lannd /. 1. a poem consisting commonly of three stanzas having an identical rhyme scheme, followed by an envoy, and having the same last line for each of the stanzas and the… … Universalium
Ballade No. 4 (Chopin) — The Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 is the fourth of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin s ballades for solo piano. It was composed in 1842 in Paris, France and Nohant, France and revised in 1843. This work was dedicated to the wife of Baron… … Wikipedia
ROYAL, ALE — adj. Qui appartient, qui a rapport à un roi. Manteau royal. Domaines royaux. La justice royale et les justices seigneuriales. L’autorité royale. La puissance royale. Prérogative royale. Recourir à la clémence royale. Maison royale, Tous les… … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
