provençal

See also: Provençal and Provencal

French

Etymology

From Provence +‎ -al. Compare provincial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.vɑ̃.sal/

Adjective

provençal (feminine provençale, masculine plural provençaux, feminine plural provençales)

1. Provençal (of, from or relating to Provence, a traditional geographic region roughly corresponding to the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)

Noun

provençal m (uncountable)

1. Provençal; Occitan, especially the dialect of Occitan that is spoken in Provence

Derived terms

• provençalisme

Further reading

• “provençal”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “provençal”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
• “provençal” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “provençal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.vẽˈsaw/ [pɾo.vẽˈsaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.vẽˈsal/ [pɾu.vẽˈsaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.vẽˈsal/ [pɾu.vẽˈsaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.bẽˈsal/ [pɾu.βẽˈsaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.vẽˈsa.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: pro‧ven‧çal

Noun

provençal m (uncountable)

1. Provençal; Occitan (language spoken in southern France)

   Synonym: occitano

2. Provençal (the Occitan dialect spoken in Provence)

Noun

provençal m or f by sense (plural provençais)

1. Provençal (native or inhabitant of Provence, a traditional geographic region roughly corresponding to the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)

Adjective

provençal m or f (plural provençais)

1. Provençal (of, from or relating to Provence)

Further reading

• “provençal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “provençal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026