Languedoc

Meaning

Languedoc (a former province of southern France; since 2016, part of the region of Occitania)

Concepts

Languedoc

Translations

Llenguadoc

Lengadòc

لانغيدوك

Languedoc

Languedoc

Lengadò

Linguadoca

Languedoc

Languedoc

Lenguadoc

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɑ̃ɡ.dɔk/

Etymology

Cognate with Old French: oïl

Cognate with French: oui

In summary

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).