jongleur

See also: Jongleur

English

Alternative forms

• jongler

Etymology

Borrowed from French jongleur. Doublet of juggler.

Pronunciation

• 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.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French jongleur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋˈløːr/

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• Hyphenation: jong‧leur
• Rhymes: -øːr

Noun

jongleur m (plural jongleurs)

1. A juggler.

Derived terms

• jongleuren

Related terms

• jongleren

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French

Etymology

From Old French jangleor (and various other spellings) from jongler (“to entertain”). Doublet of juggler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔ̃.ɡlœʁ/

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Noun

jongleur m (plural jongleurs, feminine jongleuse)

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

Descendants

• → Czech: žonglér
• → Danish: jonglør
• → Dutch: jongleur
• → English: jongleur
• → German: Jongleur
• → Hungarian: zsonglőr
• → Romanian: jongler
• → Russian: жонглёр (žongljór) (see there for further descendants)
• → Serbo-Croatian: žònglēr, жо̀нгле̄р
• → Slovak: žonglér

Further reading

• “jongleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.