troubadour

== English == === Etymology === From Old Occitan trobar (“to find”) via Old French troubadour. Piecewise doublet of trouveur. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtruːbəˌdɔː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtrubəˌdɔr/ === Noun === troubadour (plural troubadours) An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel. ==== Coordinate terms ==== trobairitz ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “troubadour”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Danish == === Noun === troubadour c (singular definite troubadouren, plural indefinite troubadourer) alternative spelling of trubadur ==== Declension ==== == French == === Alternative forms === trobador === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Occitan trobador (< trobar (“to find”)) via Old French troubadour. Corresponds to the native French trouveur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁu.ba.duʁ/ === Noun === troubadour m (plural troubadours, feminine troubadouresse or trobairitz) troubadour ==== Coordinate terms ==== femme-troubadour trobairitz === Further reading === “troubadour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012