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trouvère

trouvère noun: a medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue d’oïl (precursor dialects of modern French), as opposed to their older, southern example, the original troubadours, who used langue d’oc (Occitan).

Noun

trouvère (plural trouvères)

  1. A medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue d’oïl (precursor dialects of modern French), as opposed to their older, southern example, the original troubadours, who used langue d’oc (Occitan)
    • The activities of Jewish singers immediately before the expulsion from Spain testifies that they were outsiders in every respect, regarded neither as Jews nor Christians. They also appeared in the company of troubadours and trouvers, and like Suesskind of Trimberg (c.1220); these Jewish singers...2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 199

Forms of trouvère

pluraltrouvères

Origin of trouvère

Borrowed from French trouvère.

Questions about trouvère

What does trouvère mean?
Trouvère means a medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue d’oïl (precursor dialects of modern French), as opposed to their older, southern example, the original troubadours, who used langue d’oc (Occitan).
What part of speech is trouvère?
Trouvère is a noun.
What is the plural of trouvère?
The plural of trouvère is trouvères.

Words near trouvère in the dictionary

  1. trouvaille
  2. trouvailles
  3. trouveur
  4. trouveurs
  5. Trouville-sur-Mer
  6. trouvère
  7. trouvères
  8. Troux
  9. trovadoresque
  10. trovafloxacin
  11. trovant

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