menestrello

Italian

Alternative forms

minestrello, ministrello

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French menestrel (compare modern ménestrel), from Late Latin ministeriāle(m), from Latin ministerium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /me.neˈstrɛl.lo/
Rhymes: -ɛllo
Hyphenation: me‧ne‧strèl‧lo

Noun

menestrello m (plural menestrelli)

(historical) minstrel
Synonym: ministriere

Further reading

menestrello in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
menestrello in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
menestrello in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
menestrèllo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
menestrèllo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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