menestrello

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French menestrel (compare modern ménestrel), from Late Latin ministeriāle(m), from Latin ministerium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.nesˈtrɛl.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo
  • Hyphenation: me‧ne‧strèl‧lo

Noun

menestrello m (plural menestrelli)

  1. (historical) minstrel
    Synonym: ministriere

Further reading

  • menestrello in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • menestrello in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • menestrello in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • menestrèllo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • menestrèllo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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