langue-doc

langue d'oc

[lahng dawk]
noun
the Romance language of medieval southern France: developed into modern Provençal.

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

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langue d'oc (lɑ̃ɡ dɔk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Compare langue d'oïl the group of medieval French dialects spoken in S France: often regarded as including Provençal
 
[literally: language of oc (the Provençal form for yes), ultimately from Latin hoc this]

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Langue-doc is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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