langue d'oc

American  

[lahng dawk] / lɑ̃g ˈdɔk /

noun

1. the Romance language of medieval southern France: developed into modern Provençal.

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langue d'oc British  

/ lɑ̃ɡ dɔk /

noun

1. the group of medieval French dialects spoken in S France: often regarded as including Provençal Compare langue d'oïl

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Etymology

Origin of langue d'oc

1700–10; < French: language of oc, yes < Latin hōc ( ille fēcit ) this (he did); Occitan

Example Sentences

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 Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Renier has studied the feminine ideal of the Provençal poets, the troubadours who used the "langue d'oc."

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Ellis, Havelock

Two languages, the langue d'oc and the langue d'oïl, gave birth to two separate species of poetry.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

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 langue d'oc had much resemblance to the Latin, and was beautifully soft and adapted to poetry; and when the nobles adopted chivalry, they ornamented it with all the graces of their superior education.

From Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II by Yonge, Charlotte Mary