Provence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Provence.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈvɒns/, /pɹəˈvɒ̃s/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Provence

1. A maritime region of southeastern France bordering Italy, now included in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Derived terms

• Provence rose

Related terms

• Provençal

Translations

region in France

• Arabic: بروفنس m (brūfins), بَارُوفِنْس m (bārūfins),
• Aragonese: Provenza f
• Armenian: Պրովանս (Provans)
• Asturian: Provenza f
• Azerbaijani: Provans
• Basque: Proventza
• Belarusian: Праванс m (Pravans)
• Breton: Provañs (br)
• Bulgarian: Прованс m (Provans)
• Catalan: Provença f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 普羅旺斯／普罗旺斯 (zh) (Pǔluōwàngsī)

• Corsican: Pruvenza f
• Czech: Provence (cs) f, Provensálsko n
• Danish: Provence n
• Dutch: Provence f
• Esperanto: Provenco
• Finnish: Provence
• Franco-Provençal: Provence
• French: Provence (fr) f
• Galician: Provenza (gl) f
• Georgian: პროვანსი (ṗrovansi)
• German: Provence (de) f
• Greek: Προβηγκία f (Provigkía)
• Hebrew: פרובאנס (provans)
• Hungarian: Provence (hu)
• Indonesian: Provence
• Italian: Provenza f
• Japanese: プロヴァンス (Purovansu), プロバンス (Purobansu)
• Kashubian: Prowansjô
• Korean: 프로방스 (Peurobangseu)
• Latin: Provincia (la) f
• Latvian: Provansa f
• Lithuanian: Provansas m
• Lombard: Pruvenza f
• Macedonian: Прованса f (Provansa)
• Malay: Provence
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Provence n

  Nynorsk: Provence n

• Occitan: Provença (oc) f, Prouvènço f
• Old Norse: Próvenzfylki n
• Old Occitan: Proensa f
• Old Portuguese: Proença
• Persian: پروانس (provâns)
• Polish: Prowansja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Provença f
• Romanian: Provența f
• Russian: Прова́нс m (Prováns)
• Sardinian: Proventza f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Прованса f

  Roman: Provansa (sh) f

• Sicilian: Pruvenza f
• Slovak: Provensalsko n
• Slovene: Provansa f
• Spanish: Provenza (es) f
• Swedish: Provence (sv) n
• Thai: พรอว็องส์ (prɔɔ-wɔng-sɔɔ)
• Turkish: Provence
• Ukrainian: Прова́нс m (Prováns)
• Vietnamese: Provence
• Welsh: Profens f
• West Frisian: Provâns n
• Yiddish: פּראָוואַנץ f (provants)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprovaːns]

Proper noun

Provence f (related adjective provensálský, demonym Provensálec)

1. Provence (a historical province and traditional region in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)

Declension

Declension of Provence (sg-only soft feminine)

	singular
nominative	Provence
genitive	Provence
dative	Provenci
accusative	Provenci
vocative	Provence
locative	Provenci
instrumental	Provencí

Derived terms

• provensálština

 

Further reading

• Provence in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Provence in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan Provença, from Latin prōvincia. Doublet of province.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.vɑ̃s/

• Audio:

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• (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) IPA^(key): /pʁoˈvãⁿsə/, /pχoˈvã(n)sə/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Provence f

1. Provence (a region of France)

   Hypernym: Occitanie

Derived terms

• herbes de Provence
• micocoulier de Provence
• Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

 

Related terms

• Provençal
• provençal

 

Descendants

• → English: Provence

Friulian

Proper noun

Provence f

1. Provence

Related terms

• provençâl

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French Provence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔˈvɑ̃ːs/

• Audio:

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Noun

Provence f (proper noun, genitive Provence)

1. Provence

Declension

Declension of Provence [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Provence
genitive	einer	der	Provence
dative	einer	der	Provence
accusative	eine	die	Provence

Related terms

• Provenzale
• provenzalisch
  • Provenzalisch

Further reading

• “Provence” in Duden online

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Provence, from Occitan Provença, from Latin prōvincia.

Proper noun

Provence c (genitive Provences)

1. Provence (a region of France)

Derived terms

• provensalsk