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 general impression conveyed by the love lyrics of the langue d'oc is one of great convention.

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

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

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 Saintsbury, George

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)

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