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
In March, he traveled to France and filled a small jar with Provençal air.
Not that the Provençal language had ever quite died out even as a written language.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerThe Felibrean festivities continue, the numerous publications in the Provençal tongue still have in him a constant contributor.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerSo that, for the ear, the Provençal and French languages are quite alike in regard to this matter.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerDuring these years, too, there were meetings of Provençal writers for the purpose of discussing questions of grammar and spelling.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
First of all is the forceful utterance of the stressed syllable; the Provençal has post-tonic syllables, unlike the sister-speech.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
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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