Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saltimbanque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: saltim-banque
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Tumbler, street acrobat.

Example Sentences

"Circus is a simple, romantic ballet, set to some suitable music by France’s Jacques Ibert, laid in a village square of placardized baroque, and dressed in costumes that suggest the saltimbanques of Picasso."
"1960, Henry Miller, Nexus, Obelisk Press, Chapter 13, Another day my hands might wander over the keys with the felicity of a Borgia’s murderous paw. Choosing the staccato technique, I would ape the quibblers and quipsters of the Ghibellines. Or put it on, like a saltimbanque performing for a feeble-minded monarch."
"Outside, saltimbanques of snow were leaping up and flipping backward."

Etymology

From French saltimbanque, from Italian saltimbanco, from saltare (“to jump”) + banco (“bench, platform, stage”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: saltimbanque, saltimbanco

Inflected Forms

saltimbanques (plural) saltimbank (alternative)

Questions

What does saltimbanque mean?: Tumbler, street acrobat.
Where does saltimbanque come from?: It is traced to French.

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