giostra

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔ.stra/
  • Rhymes: -ɔstra
  • Hyphenation: giò‧stra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French joste, derived from joster.

Alternative forms

Noun

giostra f (plural giostre)

  1. (historical) joust, jousting (knightly contest)
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 4–6; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      corridor vidi per la terra vostra,
      o Aretini, e vidi gir gualdane,
      fedir torneamenti e correr giostra
      Vaunt-couriers have I seen upon your land, o Aretines, and foragers go forth, ⁠tournaments stricken, and the jousting run
  2. meanings by analogy:
    1. (archaic) skirmish
      Synonym: scaramuccia
    2. fight
      Synonyms: contrasto, lotta, scontro, urto
  3. (rare) the act of going around
    fare la giostra ― to go around
    1. (figurative, archaic) deceit, deception
      Synonym: raggiro
  4. a competition where contestants try to hit a target while speedily passing underneath it
  5. merry-go-round (British), carousel (US); ride (at a theme park etc.)
  6. (in the plural) the rides in an amusement park
  7. (figurative) a chaotic succession
  8. (figurative, Rome) mess (confusion of things)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

giostra

  1. inflection of giostrare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • giostra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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