trou|ba|dour

trou|ba|dour
trou|ba|dour «TROO buh dr, -dohr, -dur», noun.
one of a class of knightly lyric poets and composers mainly of southern France and northern Italy from the 1000's to the 1200's. The troubadours wrote mainly about love and chivalry and composed ecstatic, lyrical love songs.
╂[< French troubadour < Old Provençal trobador < trobar to find; {{(probably earlier) to compose in verse, ultimately < Late Latin tropus song; musical mode < Greek trópos mode, style; see etym. under trope (Cf. ↑trope). See etym. of doublet trouvère. (Cf. ↑trouvère)]

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  • trou·ba·dour — /ˈtruːbəˌdoɚ/ noun, pl dours [count] : a writer and performer of songs or poetry in the Middle Ages …   Useful english dictionary

  • dour — dour; dour·lach; dour·ly; dour·ness; dred·dour; pan·dour; pom·pa·dour; ten·dour; trou·ba·dour·ish; war·dour; trou·ba·dour; ar·dour; …   English syllables

  • trou — in·trou·va·ble; trou·ba·dour·ish; trou·bled·ly; trou·bled·ness; trou·ble·ment; trou·bler; trou·ble·some; trou·bling·ly; trou·blous; trou; trou·pand; trou·sered; trou·ser·ing; trou·sers; trou·ton s; trou·vaille; trou·vère; trou·veur; trou·ba·dour; …   English syllables

  • troubadour — trou·ba·dour …   English syllables

  • Troubadour — Trou|ba|dour 〈[ trubadu:r] m.1 od. 6〉 provenzal. Minnesänger des 11. 14. Jh. [<prov. trobador; zu trobar (frz. trouver „finden“) „(Verse) finden, erfinden“] * * * Trou|ba|dour [ tru:badu:ɐ̯ , auch: … du:ɐ̯], der; s, e u. s [frz. troubadour… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • troubadour — (trou ba dour) s. m. 1°   Nom donné aux poëtes de la langue d oc qui fleurirent du XIe siècle au XIVe. •   Plusieurs de ces poëtes, appelés troubadours, étaient bons gentilshommes, quelques uns princes couronnés ; le plus grand nombre, ambulants… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Troubadour — Trou|ba|dour 〈 [trubadu:r] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: e od. s〉 prov. höfischer Minnesänger u. Dichter des 11. bis 14. Jh.; →a. s. Trouvère [Etym.: <prov. trobador; zu trobar (frz. trouver »finden«) »(Verse) finden, erfinden«] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • troubadour — trou|ba|dour [ˈtru:bədo:, duə US do:r, dur] n [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: Old Provençal trobador, from trobar to make music , probably from Latin tropus; TROPE] a type of singer and poet who travelled around the ↑palaces and castles of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Troubadour — Trou|ba|dour [ tru:badu:ɐ̯, auch ... du:ɐ̯] der; s, Plur. e u. s <aus gleichbed. fr. troubadour, dies aus altprovenzal. trobador »Dichter« zu trobar »Weisen, Verse erfinden, dichten«> provenzal. Minnesänger des 12. 14. Jh.s; vgl. ↑Trouvère …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • troubadour — trou|ba|dour [ trubə,dɔr ] noun count one of the poets and singers who traveled around southern France and northern Italy in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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