jongleur
See also: Jongleur
English
Alternative forms
- jongler
Etymology
Borrowed from French jongleur. Doublet of juggler.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑŋ.ɡlɚ/, /ʒɔ̃.ˈɡlɝ/
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
- 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People
- A juggler; a conjurer.
- A mountebank.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French jongleur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɔŋˈløːr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: jong‧leur
- Rhymes: -øːr
Noun
jongleur m (plural jongleurs)
- A juggler.
Derived terms
- jongleuren
Related terms
- jongleren
French
Etymology
From Old French jangleor (and various other spellings) from jongler (“to entertain”). Doublet of juggler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɔ̃.ɡlœʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
jongleur m (plural jongleurs, feminine jongleuse)
- (dated) an entertainer
- a juggler
- (Louisiana) a daydreamer
Descendants
- → Czech: žonglér
- → Danish: jonglør
- → Dutch: jongleur
- → English: jongleur
- → German: Jongleur
- → Hungarian: zsonglőr
- → Romanian: jongler
- → Russian: жонглёр (žongljór) (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian: žònglēr, жо̀нгле̄р
- → Slovak: žonglér
Further reading
- “jongleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Noun
jongleur m (plural jongleuri)
- Obsolete form of jongler.
Declension
Declension of jongleur
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
References
- jongleur in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN