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