trobador

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan trobador, from Vulgar Latin *tropātōrem, agent noun based on Vulgar Latin *tropare, probably from Latin tropus, of Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tɾu.βəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [tɾo.bəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [tɾo.baˈðoɾ]
• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Noun

trobador m (plural trobadors, feminine trobadora)

1. troubadour

Derived terms

• trobadoresc

Related terms

• trobar

References

• “trobador” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan trobador.

Noun

trobador m (plural trobadors)

1. Alternative form of troubadour

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese trobador, from Old Occitan trobar. Cognate with Portuguese trovador.

Noun

trobador m (plural trobadores, feminine trobadora, feminine plural trobadoras)

1. troubadour

Related terms

• trobar

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan trobador, from trobar (or from a Vulgar Latin *tropator, *tropatorem), from Late Latin *tropo, tropare, from Latin tropus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [truβaˈðu]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

trobador m (plural trobadors)

1. troubadour

Related terms

• trobar
• trobaire
• trobairitz (female)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan trobador, from trobar, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾo.ba.ˈdoɾ/

Noun

trobador m (plural trobadores)

1. troubadour
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 279 (facsimile):

     Santa maria ualed ay ſennor / ⁊ acorred a uoſſo trobador

     Holy Mary, have mercy on me, my Lady / and come to the aid of your troubador

Related terms

• trobar

Descendants

• Galician: trobador
• Portuguese: trovador

See also

• jograr