Provençal
of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
a native or inhabitant of Provence.
Also called Occitan. a Romance language once widely spoken in southern France, still in use in some rural areas. Abbreviations: Pr, Pr., Prov.: Compare langue d'oc.
the dialect of Provençal used in Provence.
Origin of Provençal
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How to use Provençal in a sentence
Count on bold flavors, as on one night’s Provençal, a special trumpeting capers, olives, juicy sungold tomatoes and salami slices practically thin enough to read through.
While the humans are entertaining enough in this Provencal matinee, the bird is the star.
One Perfect Summer Day in Virginia Woolf, Saul Bellow and Others | Matt Seidel | September 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCastagnould was a Provencal and an old servant of the Mignon family.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheWhile thus the interview is going on between Dalibard and the conspirator, we must bestow a glance upon the Provencal's home.
Lucretia, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonHubert bent the knee to the new lord, with all that grace which he inherited from his Provencal blood.
The House of Walderne | A. D. Crake
In a no less expressive fashion, the Provencal peasant calls it lou portofais, lou porto-caneu.
The Life of the Fly | J. Henri FabreHe eats the same food as his two servants, a Provencal lad and the old woman who used to wait on his wife.
Letters of Two Brides | Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for Provençal
/ (ˌprɒvɒnˈsɑːl, French prɔvɑ̃sal) /
relating to, denoting, or characteristic of Provence, its inhabitants, their dialect of French, or their Romance language
a language of Provence, closely related to Catalan, French, and Italian, belonging to the Romance group of the Indo-European family. It was important in the Middle Ages as a literary language, and attempts have been made since the 19th century to revive its literary status: See also langue d'oc
a native or inhabitant of Provence
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