See also: Jongleur

English edit

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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.

Declension edit

References edit

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