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sirventes

sirventes is the plural of sirvente.

Meaning of sirvente

Noun

sirvente (plural sirventes)

  1. (historical) A typically satirical song sung by the troubadours of Provence.
    • The knight in the meantime, had brought the strings into some order, and after a short prelude, asked his host whether he would choose a sirvente in the language of oc, or a lai in the language of oui, or a virelai, or a ballad in the vulgar English.1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter XVII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page...

Questions about sirventes

What is sirventes the plural of?
Sirventes is the plural of sirvente.

Words near sirventes in the dictionary

  1. sirups
  2. sirupy
  3. SIRV
  4. SIRVA
  5. sirvente
  6. sirventes
  7. sirwal
  8. sirwals
  9. siryah
  10. sirystes
  11. sis

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