Languedoc

See also: langue d'oc

English

Etymology

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

Languedoc

1. A former province of France, in the south of the country; since 2016, part of the region of Occitanie.

Translations

French province

• Arabic: لانغيدوك
• Aragonese: Lenguadoc
• Armenian: Լանգեդոկ (hy) (Langedok)
• Belarusian: Лангедок (Lanhjedók)
• Breton: Lengadok
• Bulgarian: Лангедок (Langedok)
• Catalan: Llenguadoc
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 隆格多克

• Esperanto: Langvedoko
• French: Languedoc (fr) m
• German: Languedoc n
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• Greek: Λανγκντόκ (Langkntók)
• Hebrew: לנגדוק
• Italian: Linguadoca f
• Japanese: ラングドック
• Korean: 랑그도크 (ranggeudokeu)
• Lithuanian: Langedokas
• Occitan: Lengadòc (oc)
• Persian: لانگداک (langudake)
• Polish: Langwedocja (pl) f
• Russian: Лангедо́к (ru) (Langedók)
• Ukrainian: Лангедок (Lanhedok)
• Urdu: لانگویڈوک (lāngveḍok)

Adjective

Languedoc

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

See also

• Languedoc-Roussillon
• Occitan
• Occitania
• Occitanie

 

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French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃ɡ.dɔk/

Proper noun

Languedoc m

1. Languedoc (a former province of France)

See also

• langue d’oc
• Languedoc-Roussillon
• Occitanie