"trouvère" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /tʁu.vɛʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-trouvère.wav Forms: trouvères [plural], trouveresse [feminine], trouvèresse [feminine]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French trouvere, from Old French trovere (nominative singular case of troveor, from trover (“to find”) + -eor (agent noun suffix)), or possibly corresponding to a Gallo-Vulgar Latin *tropātor, from the verb *tropō, tropāre, from Latin tropus. Cognate with Old Occitan, Occitan, and Catalan trobador (the form trouvère is directly cognate with the Occitan form trobaire, itself from the nominative singular case of the corresponding Old Occitan form), from the verb trobar (“to find”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|trouvere|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French trouvere, {{inh+|fr|frm|trouvere}} Inherited from Middle French trouvere, {{inh|fr|fro|trovere}} Old French trovere, {{m|fro|troveor}} troveor, {{af|fro|trover|-eor|nocat=1|pos2=agent noun suffix|t1=to find}} trover (“to find”) + -eor (agent noun suffix), {{inh|fr|VL.|*tropātor}} Vulgar Latin *tropātor, {{m|la|*tropo|*tropō, tropāre}} *tropō, tropāre, {{inh|fr|la|tropus}} Latin tropus, {{cog|pro,oc,ca|trobador}} Old Occitan, Occitan, and Catalan trobador, {{m|fr||trouvère}} trouvère, {{m|oc|trobaire}} trobaire, {{m|pro|trobar||to find}} trobar (“to find”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=trouveresse|f2=trouvèresse}} trouvère m (plural trouvères, feminine trouveresse or trouvèresse)
  1. (poetry) a trouvère, medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue d'oïl (precursor lects of modern French), as opposed to their older, southern example, the original troubadours, who used langue d'oc (Occitan) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Poetry Related terms: introuvable, troubadour, trouvable, trouvaille, trouver, trouveur
    Sense id: en-trouvère-fr-noun-xWaR1-nq Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing

Inflected forms

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