Languedoc
See also: langue d'oc
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French Languedoc, from langue d’oc (“the language of oc”), from Dante Alighieri’s De vulgari eloquentia, where he wrote in Latin: “nam alii oc, alii si, alii vero dicunt oil” (‘some say òc, others say sì, others say oïl’). Based on the Occitan word òc (“yes”), in contrast to Old French oïl (now French oui).
Proper noun
[edit]Languedoc
- A former province of France, in the south of the country; since 2016, part of the region of Occitanie.
Translations
[edit]French province
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Adjective
[edit]Languedoc
See also
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Univerbation of the phrase langue d’oc (“the language of oc”), from Dante Alighieri’s De vulgari eloquentia, where he wrote in Latin: “nam alii oc, alii si, alii vero dicunt oil” (‘some say òc, others say sì, others say oïl’). Based on the Occitan word òc (“yes”), in contrast to Old French oïl (now French oui).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Languedoc m
See also
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