How to pronounce troubadour
American English pronunciation
TROO-buh-dor
- IPA
- /ˈtɹubəˌdɔɹ/
- Syllables
- TROO · buh · dor (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What troubadour means
A wandering poet-singer of the Middle Ages who sang of love
In a sentence: The troubadour strummed his lute and sang about a faraway castle.
Where it comes from: It came through French from trobar, an old word from southern France meaning "to find."
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