English

Noun

Languedoc ‎(uncountable)

1. A former province of France, in the south of the country.

Translations

Adjective

Languedoc

1. Pertaining to the Occitan language: Provençal, related to Catalan.

French

Etymology

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 [Term?] word òc ‎(“yes”), in contrast to Old French oïl (now French oui).

Proper noun

Languedoc

1. Languedoc (a former province of France).

See also

• langue d'oc
• Languedoc-Roussillon