Meaning

3 senses

  1. A person who practices juggling (trick of throwing and catching balls or similar).

    Jongleur, Jongleurin

    жонглёрžongljór, жонглёршаžongljórša

    жонгле́рžonhlér, жонгле́ркаžonhlérka

  2. (dated)A magician or wizard.

  3. (obsolete)A person who performs tricks using sleight of hand, a conjurer, prestidigitator.

    a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity

Examples

13 sentences

  1. Tom is a very good juggler.

    Том дуже добрий жонглер.

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  2. I'm a pretty good juggler.

    Я доволі непогано жонглюю.

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  3. I know Tom isn't a very good juggler.

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  4. I've heard that Tom is a good juggler.

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  5. I know that Tom isn't a very good juggler.

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From Middle English jogeler, jogelour, iogular, partly continuing Old English ġeogolere (“

From Middle English jogeler, jogelour, iogular, partly continuing Old English ġeogolere (“juggler; magician; wizard”) and partly from Anglo-Norman jogelour, jugelur, Old French jongleur (“juggler”), equivalent to juggle + -er. Doublet of jongleur.

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Forms

plural: jugglers
Singularjuggler
Pluraljugglers

regular

Word family

4 related words
Relatedjuggle
Derivedjogglerjuggleressjuggler lodge

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jugB1jugglejugularjuiceA1
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