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 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
No, no, we'll keep our rebellious langue d'oc, grumble who will.
From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Charles Alfred Downer
The Provençal writers take their peculiar langue d’oc too seriously to regard it as a dialect.
From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by S. S. (Samuel Silas) Curry
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 Maurice Henry Hewlett
Not merely Catalonia itself, but Aragon, Navarre, and even Valencia, were linguistically for centuries mere outlying provinces of the langue d'oc.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury
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