menestrel

See also: ménestrel

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

menestrel m anim

  1. Alternative form of minstrel

Declension

Further reading

  • menestrel in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Middle French

Etymology

Old French menestrel.

Noun

menestrel m (plural menestrels)

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

Descendants

  • French: ménestrel

Old French

Etymology

Latin ministeriālis.

Noun

menestrel oblique singular, m (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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

menestrel m (plural menestréis)

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

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ménestrel.

Noun

menestrel m (plural menestreli)

  1. minstrel (medieval traveling entertainer)

Declension

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