CHANSON DE GESTE

Meaning of CHANSON DE GESTE in English

() Any Old French epic poem having for its subject events or exploits of early French history, real or legendary, and written originally in assonant verse of ten or twelve syllables. The most famous one is the Chanson de Roland.

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CHANSON DE GESTE — noun (plural chansons de geste) Etymology: French, literally, song of heroic deeds Date: 1833 any of several Old French epic …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHANSON DE GESTE — Any of several Old French epic poems that form the core of the Charlemagne legends. More than 80 chansons de …
Английский словарь Британика
CHANSON DE GESTE — -d(ə)zhest noun ( plural chansons de geste “, -ōⁿzdəzh-) Etymology: French, literally, song of heroic deeds : any of several …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHANSON DE GESTE — /shahonn sawonn deuh zhest"/ , pl. chansons de geste /shahonn sawonn deuh zhest"/ . (in medieval French literature) an epic …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHANSON DE GESTE — noun ( plural chansons de geste same ) Etymology: French, literally, song of heroic deeds Date: 1833 : any of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHANSON DE GESTE — [ ˌʃɒ~sɒ~ də'ʒɛst ] ■ noun ( plural chansons de geste pronunciation same) a French historical verse romance of the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CHANSON DE GESTE — [chanson de geste] n, pl chansons de geste [F, lit., song of heroic deeds] (1868): any of several Old French …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHANSON DE GESTE — (French song of deeds) any of the Old French epic poems forming the core of the Charlemagne legends. More than …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHANSON DE GESTE — Any of several Old French epic poems that form the core of the Charlemagne legends. More than 80 chansons de …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHANSON DE GESTE — add. ·- any old french epic poem having for its subject events or exploits of early french history, real or …
Webster English vocab
CHANSON DE GESTE — Pronunciation: -d ə - ' zhest Function: noun Inflected Form: plural chansons de geste \ same \ Etymology: F, literally, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CHANSON DE GESTE — n. (pl. chansons pronunc. same) any of a group of medieval French epic poems. [F, = song of heroic deeds]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHANSON DE GESTE — n. (pl. chansons pronunc. same) any of a group of medieval French epic poems. [ F, = song of heroic …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHANSON DE GESTE — n. (pl. chansons pronunc. same) any of a group of medieval French epic poems. Etymology: F, song of heroic deeds
Oxford English vocab
DE — prep I. from; also: since; II. of (1. belonging or pertaining to; 2. made of); III. with, by means of; …
Interlingua English vocab
GESTE — also gest noun Etymology: Middle English ~, from Anglo-French, from Latin gestus, from gerere Date: 14th century deportment , gesture
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHANSON — noun (plural ~s) Etymology: French, from Latin cantion-, cantio, from canere Date: 1602 song
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DE — I or te (Chinese; " virtue ") In Daoism , the potentiality of dao that is present in all things; …
Английский словарь Британика
CHANSON — I (French; " song ") French art song. The unaccompanied chanson for a single voice part, composed by the troubadour …
Английский словарь Британика
GESTE — I. variant of gest II. noun also gest ˈjest ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French geste, from Latin gestus, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DE- — prefix Etymology: Middle English, from Old French de-, des-, partly from Latin de- from, down, away (from de ) and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHANSON — shäⁿsōⁿ noun ( plural chansons -ōⁿ(z)) Etymology: French, from Latin cantion-, cantio — more at canzone : a lyric intended …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GESTE — (v. i.) To tell stories or gests.
Английский словарь Webster
DE- — () A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the …
Английский словарь Webster
CHANSON — (n.) A song.
Английский словарь Webster
GESTE — ( v. i. ) To tell stories or gests.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DE- — A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHANSON — ( n. ) A song.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GESTE — /jest/ , n. gest.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DE' — /deuh/ ; It. /de/ , prep. dei (used in Italian names as an elided form of dei ): de' Medici.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DE- — a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin ( decide ); also used to indicate privation, removal, and separation ( dehumidify …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DE — /deuh/ ; Fr. /deuh/ ; Sp. /de/ ; Port. /di/ , prep. from; of (used in French, Spanish, and Portuguese …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHANSON — /shan"seuhn/ ; Fr. /shahonn sawonn"/ , n. , pl. chansons /-seuhnz/ ; Fr. /-sawonn"/ . any of several types of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GESTE — n. story, tale; deed, act; behavior; gesture
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHANSON — n. long poem that tells a story (French)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GESTE — also gest ˈjest Etymology: Middle English geste, from Anglo-French, from Latin gestus, from gerere Date: 14th century 1. archaic : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DE- — Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French de-, des-, partly from Latin de- from, down, away (from de, preposition) and partly from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHANSON — noun ( plural chan·sons -ˈsōⁿ(z)) Etymology: French, from Latin cantion-, cantio, from canere Date: 1602 : song ; specifically : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GESTE — vi to tell stories or gests.
Webster English vocab
DE- — a prefix from latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. in words from the french …
Webster English vocab
CHANSON — noun a song.
Webster English vocab
CHANSON — [ 'ʃɒ~sɒ~ ] ■ noun a French song. Origin Fr., from L. cantio(n-) 'singing', from canere 'sing'.
Concise Oxford English vocab
GESTE — [geste] also gest n [MF geste, fr. L gestus, fr. gerere] (14c) 1 archaic: deportment 2. archaic: gesture
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DE- — [de-] prefix [ME, fr. OF de-, des-, partly fr. L de- from, down, away (fr. de, prep.) and partly fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHANSON — [chan.son] n, pl chan.sons [F, fr. L cantion-, cantio, fr. canere] (1602): song; specif: a music-hall or cabaret song
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DE — [DE] abbreviation defensive end, Delaware, doctor of engineering
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHANSON — personnages (French song with characters) medieval French song in the form of a dialogue, often between a husband and a …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHANSON — (French: song), French art song of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The chanson before 1500 is preserved mostly in …
Britannica English vocabulary
DE- — de- BrE AmE ˌdiː, di, də —Attached to free forms, meaning 'do the opposite of' or 'remove', this prefix is …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DE — De, de in English family names BrE AmE də
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DE — I de in French phrases BrE AmE də di —French [ də ] II de in Latin phrases BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHANSON — chanson BrE AmE ˈʃɒ̃ sɒ̃ ˈʃɒn-, -sɒn AmE ʃɑːn ˈsɔːn -ˈsoʊn, -ˈsɑːn; ˈʃæn t s ə n —French [ ʃɑ̃ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DE- — de- /diː, dɪ/ BrE AmE prefix [ Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin de- 'from, down, away' and Latin dis- …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DE — DE written abbreviation for ↑ Delaware
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DE- — prefix 1 forming verbs and their derivatives: a down, away (descend; deduct). b completely (declare; denude; deride). 2 added to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DE- — 1. De- is added to a verb in order to change the meaning of the verb to its opposite. ...becoming …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DE- — 1. De- is added to a verb in order to change the meaning of the verb to its opposite. ...becoming …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DE — rigueur [adjective] [after verb] - demanded by fashion, custom, etc.At the place where I work, smart suits are de rigueur …
Cambridge English vocab
DE — prep. or te (Chinese; " virtue ") In Daoism , the potentiality of dao that is present in all things; …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHANSON — n. chanson de geste Chanson de Roland Song Huizong Song of the Nibelungs song play Song of Roland vessel of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHANSON — n. (French; " song ") French art song. The unaccompanied chanson for a single voice part, composed by the troubadour …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DE — Germany (Deutschland; Internet top level domain) For more possible definitions for DE , click here ©1988-2002, All Rights Reserved, AcronymFinder.com
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DE- — прист. 1) образует слова, обычно от глагольных основ, со значением 'производить действие, обратное тому, которое обозначено производной основой' to vitalize …
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DE — De
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