jongleur

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French jongleur. Doublet of juggler.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑŋ.ɡlɚ/, /ʒɔ̃.ˈɡlɝ/

Noun[edit]

jongleur (plural jongleurs)

  1. 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
  2. A juggler; a conjurer.
  3. A mountebank.

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle French jongleur.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /jɔŋˈløːr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: jong‧leur
  • Rhymes: -øːr

Noun[edit]

jongleur m (plural jongleurs)

  1. A juggler.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French jangleor (and various other spellings) from jongler (to entertain). Doublet of juggler.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

jongleur m (plural jongleurs, feminine jongleuse)

  1. (dated) an entertainer
  2. a juggler
  3. (Louisiana) a daydreamer

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Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

jongleur m (plural jongleuri)

  1. Obsolete form of jongler.

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References[edit]

  • jongleur in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN