menestrel

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛnɛstrɛl]
  • Hyphenation: me‧ne‧s‧t‧rel

Noun

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menestrel m anim

  1. Alternative form of minstrel

Declension

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Further reading

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  • menestrel”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Middle French

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Etymology

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Old French menestrel.

Noun

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menestrel m (plural menestrels)

  1. servant
  2. artisan; worker
  3. minister of justice; one who enforces justice

Descendants

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  • French: ménestrel

Old French

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Etymology

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Latin ministeriālis.

Noun

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menestrel oblique singularm (oblique plural menestreaus or menestreax or menestriaus or menestriax or menestrels, nominative singular menestreaus or menestreax or menestriaus or menestriax or menestrels, nominative plural menestrel)

  1. servant
  2. minister of justice; one who enforces justice

Descendants

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French ménestrel, from Late Latin ministeriāle(m), from Latin ministerium.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.nɨʃˈtɾɛl/ [mɨ.nɨʃˈtɾɛɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.nɨʃˈtɾɛ.li/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
  • Hyphenation: me‧nes‧trel

Noun

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menestrel m (plural menestréis)

  1. minstrel (Medieval entertainer)
  2. minstrel (entertainer)

Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French ménestrel.

Noun

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menestrel m (plural menestreli)

  1. minstrel (medieval traveling entertainer)

Declension

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