jongleur
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See also: Jongleur
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French jongleur. Doublet of juggler.
Pronunciation
Noun
jongleur (plural jongleurs)
- An itinerant entertainer in medieval England and France; roles included song, music, acrobatics etc.; a troubadour.
- 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People:
- vivacity and picturesqueness of the jongleur's verse
- A juggler; a conjurer.
- A mountebank.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French jongleur.
Pronunciation
Noun
jongleur m (plural jongleurs)
- A juggler.
Derived terms
Related terms
French
Etymology
From Old French jangleor (and various other spellings) from jongler (“to entertain”).
Pronunciation
Noun
jongleur m (plural jongleurs, feminine jongleuse)
- (dated) an entertainer
- a juggler
- (Louisiana) a daydreamer
Descendants
Further reading
- “jongleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Noun
jongleur m (plural jongleuri)
Declension
Declension of jongleur
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) jongleur | jongleurul | (niște) jongleuri | jongleurii |
genitive/dative | (unui) jongleur | jongleurului | (unor) jongleuri | jongleurilor |
vocative | jongleurule | jongleurilor |
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