menestrel

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

menestrel m anim

1. alternative form of minstrel

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

Old French menestrel.

menestrel m (plural menestrels)

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

• French: ménestrel

Latin ministeriālis.

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

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

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

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

menestrel m (plural menestréis)

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

• “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 Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “menestrel”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “menestrel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French ménestrel.

menestrel m (plural menestreli)

1. minstrel (medieval traveling entertainer)