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

Declension of menestrel (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	menestrel	menestrelové
genitive	menestrela	menestrelů
dative	menestrelovi, menestrelu	menestrelům
accusative	menestrela	menestrely
vocative	menestrele	menestrelové
locative	menestrelovi, menestrelu	menestrelech
instrumental	menestrelem	menestrely

Further reading

• “menestrel”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

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

• Middle French: menestrel
  • Bourguignon: ménétrei
  • French: ménestrel
• → Italian: menestrello

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.nesˈtɾɛw/ [me.nesˈtɾɛʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.nesˈtɾɛw/ [me.nesˈtɾɛʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /me.neʃˈtɾɛw/ [me.neʃˈtɾɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.nɨʃˈtɾɛl/ [mɨ.nɨʃˈtɾɛɫ]

• (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

• “menestrel”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “menestrel”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “menestrel” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “menestrel”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “menestrel”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “menestrel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ménestrel.

Noun

menestrel m (plural menestreli)

1. minstrel (medieval traveling entertainer)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	menestrel	menestrelul		menestreli	menestrelii
genitive-dative	menestrel	menestrelului		menestreli	menestrelilor
vocative	menestrelule			menestrelilor