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

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

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 of France by Pennell, Joseph

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

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

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