langue d'oc

[ lahng dawk ]

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noun

the Romance language of medieval southern France: developed into modern Provençal.

langue d'oc

/ lɑ̃ɡ dɔk /

the group of medieval French dialects spoken in S France: often regarded as including Provençal Compare langue d'oïl

1700–10; < French: language of oc, yes < Latin hōc ( ille fēcit ) this (he did); Occitan

literally: language of oc (the Provençal form for yes ), ultimately from Latin hoc this

These words, too, he transforms more or less, keeping them in harmony with the forms peculiar to the langue d'oc.

She spoke no language but her own, and that not the langue d'oc, but a blurred dialect of it, rougher even than Gascon.

The "Langue d'oc" was spoken in the entire southern part of France, and has given its name to a province of the present.

For their language, the langue d'oui, see under Langue d'oc.

The poets proper of the langue d'oc were probably too proud to admit any form that they had not invented themselves.

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