menestrel
Portuguese, noun/me.nesˈtɾɛw/
menestrel is spelled M-E-N-E-S-T-R-E-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menestrel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “minstrel (Medieval entertainer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cantor medieval”.
What does menestrel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineminstrel (Medieval entertainer)
- 2
masculineminstrel (entertainer)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cantor medieval 2. cantor ambulante
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of menestrel
- menestréis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menestrel?
- Brazil /me.nesˈtɾɛw/
- Brazil [me.nesˈtɾɛʊ̯]
- /me.neʃˈtɾɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to menestrel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is menestrel in Portuguese?
menestrel appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).