Pronunciation: sir- ' vänt
Variant: or sir · ven · tes \ - ' ven-t ə s \
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural sir · ventes \ - ' vänt, - ' vän(t)s, - ' ven-t ə s \
Etymology: French, from Occitan sirventes, literally, servant's song, from sirvent servant, from Latin servient-, serviens, present participle of servire to serve
Date: 1819
: a usually moral or religious song of the Provençal troubadours satirizing social vices