langue d'oc
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of langue d'oc
1700–10; < French: language of oc, yes < Latin hōc ( ille fēcit ) this (he did); cf. Occitan
Example Sentences
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The cheerful bird-voice of the trouvère, the half artificial but not wholly insincere intensity of his brethren of the langue d'oc, will never miss their meed.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George
The langue d'oc and the langue d'oil contended for the mastery, which was finally won by the latter.
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
These words, too, he transforms more or less, keeping them in harmony with the forms peculiar to the langue d'oc.
From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred
This dialect is one of the numerous divisions of the langue d'oc, which Mistral claims is spoken by nearly twelve millions of people.
From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred
The finest and the most of the very early poetry of France was written in the langue d'oc.
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
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