giostra

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔ.stra/
• Rhymes: -ɔstra
• Hyphenation: giò‧stra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French joste, derived from joster.

Alternative forms

• giosta (archaic)

Noun

giostra f (plural giostre)

1. (historical) joust, jousting (knightly contest)
   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 4–6; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     corridor vidi per la terra vostra,
     o Aretini, e vidi gir gualdane,
     fedir torneamenti e correr giostra

     Vaunt-couriers have I seen upon your land, o Aretines, and foragers go forth, ⁠tournaments stricken, and the jousting run

2. meanings by analogy:
   1. (archaic) skirmish

      Synonym: scaramuccia

   2. fight

      Synonyms: contrasto, lotta, scontro, urto

3. (rare) the act of going around

   fare la giostra ― to go around

   1. (figurative, archaic) deceit, deception

      Synonym: raggiro

4. a competition where contestants try to hit a target while speedily passing underneath it
5. merry-go-round (British), carousel (US); ride (at a theme park etc.)
6. (in the plural) the rides in an amusement park
7. (figurative) a chaotic succession
8. (figurative, Rome) mess (confusion of things)

Related terms

• giostrare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

giostra

1. inflection of giostrare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• giostra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• rogasti