transcription, транскрипция: [ sir-ˈvänt ]
noun
or sir·ven·tes -ˈven-təs
( plural sir·ventes -ˈvänt, -ˈvän(t)s, -ˈven-təs)
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