Troubadour

Noun CEFR B2

ˈtruːbəˌdɔː

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españoltrovador trovadora

Françaistrobairitz troubadour troubadouressetrouvère

DeutschTrobador Trobairitz TroubadourTroubadourin Troubairitz

19 more languages

العربيةالشّاعر المتجوّل تْرُوبَادُور

Bosanskitrubadur trubadurski трубадуртрубадурски

Catalàtrobador

Češtinatrubadúr

Ελληνικάτροβαδούρος

Suomitrubaduuri

Galegotrobador trobadora troveiroxograr

Hrvatskitrubadur trubadurski трубадуртрубадурски

Italianotrobadore trobairitz trovatoretrovatrice

日本語トルバドゥール吟遊詩人

한국어음유시인 트루바두르

Nederlandstroubadour

Portuguêstrovador

Românătrubadur

Русскийтрубадур

Српскиtrubadur trubadurski трубадуртрубадурски

Svenskatrubadur

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

B2

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

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See also

troubadour fiddle troubadourism Troubadours trouble trouble and strife trouble at mill

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