Definition of langue d'oc Langue d'oc
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What does langue d'oc mean?
WordNet
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| langue d'oc - medieval provincial dialects of French formerly spoken in the south of France | ||
| Langue d'oc French | ||
| french the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- langue d'oc
The dialect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oc); Provencal.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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langue d'oc
long dok, n. collective name for the Romance dialects spoken in the Middle Ages from the Alps to the Pyrenees—the tongue of the troubadours, often used as synonymous with Provençal, one of its chief branches. The name itself survived in the province Languedoc, giving name to a class of wines.—Langue d'oui (long dwē), also Langue d'oil, the Romance dialect of northern France, the language of the trouvères, the dominant factor in the formation of modern French. [O. Fr. langue—L. lingua, tongue; de, of; Prov. oc, yes—L. hoc, this; O. Fr. oui, oïl, yes—L. hoc illud, this (is) that, yes.]
