jongleur

See also: Jongleur

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French jongleur. Doublet of juggler.

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

Noun

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French jongleur.

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

Noun

jongleur m (plural jongleurs)

  1. A juggler.

Derived terms
  • jongleuren

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)

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

Descendants

Further reading

Romanian

Noun

jongleur m (plural jongleuri)

  1. 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
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