langue d'oc

American  

[lahng dawk] / lɑ̃g ˈdɔk /

noun

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

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langue d'oc British  

/ lɑ̃ɡ dɔk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of langue d'oc

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

Example Sentences

French was called langue d'oïl, and the southern language langue d'oc, each after the word used for "yes."

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

The Félibrige movement appears to have endowed southern France with a literary language rivalling the French; it appears to have given an impulse toward the unification of the dialects and subdialects of the langue d'oc.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred

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

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Renier has studied the feminine ideal of the Provençal poets, the troubadours who used the "langue d'oc."

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Ellis, Havelock

No, no, we'll keep our rebellious langue d'oc, grumble who will.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred