jongleur
French, noun/ʒɔ̃.ɡlœʁ/
jongleur is spelled J-O-N-G-L-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jongleur is a French masculine noun meaning “an entertainer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de ménestrel qui allait, chantant des poèmes ou récitant des contes, dans les cours des princes et dans…”.
What does jongleur mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinean entertainer
- 2
masculinea juggler
- 3
masculinea daydreamer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de ménestrel qui allait, chantant des poèmes ou récitant des contes, dans les cours des princes et dans les maisons des grands seigneurs.
noun: 1. Celui qui jongle. 2. Celui qui jongle dans un spectacle de cirque. 3. Tout homme qui cherche à en imposer par de fausses apparences. 4. Espèce de devin guérisseur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of jongleur
- jongleurs plural
- jongleuse feminine
- jongleresse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jongleur?
- /ʒɔ̃.ɡlœʁ/
- \ʒɔ̃.ɡlœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jongleur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jongleur in French?
jongleur appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).