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 society was founded in the fourteenth century, and it has held annual meetings ever since, - meetings at which poems in the fine old langue d'oc are declaimed and a blushing laureate is chosen.
From A Little Tour in France by James, Henry
The Provençal writers take their peculiar langue d’oc too seriously to regard it as a dialect.
From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)
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
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
He hoped to see the langue d'oc saved from destruction, he strove against the invasion of the northern speech that threatened to overwhelm it.
From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred
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