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Meaning of Troubadour | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈtruːbəˌdɔː

Definitions

An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel.

Equivalents

العربية الشّاعر المتجوّل تْرُوبَادُور

Bosanski trubadur trubadurski trubadurski трубадур трубадурски трубадурски

Català trobador

Čeština trubadúr

Dansk trubadur

Deutsch Trobador Trobairitz Troubadour Troubadourin Troubairitz

Ελληνικά τροβαδούρος

Español trovador trovadora

Suomi trubaduuri

Français trobairitz troubadour troubadouresse trouvère

Galego troveiro

Hrvatski trubadur trubadurski trubadurski трубадур трубадурски трубадурски

Italiano trobadore trobairitz trovatore trovatrice

日本語トルバドゥール吟遊詩人

한국어 음유시인 트루바두르

Nederlands troubadour

Polski trubadur

Português trovador

Română trubadur

Русский трубадур

Српски trubadur trubadurski trubadurski трубадур трубадурски трубадурски

Svenska trubadur

Examples

“Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.”

““"Not a human, not yet a vampire," to paraphrase one of your contemporary musical troubadours.””

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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