Occitan
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- noun
- /ˈɒksɪtæn/
- Specialized
:
occitano
- It was often pointed out that the Latin future as a morphological category had disappeared in Romance, with the exception of a few vestigial forms of the verb to be in Occitan and Old French.
- Occitan language
- speak Occitan
Examples
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Gillian had come on deck stark naked, and each of them, the Occitan Freycinet, Norman Marie, and Irish Blessington, felt scornful and slightly offended.
Fiction book (1996) -
They love their Occitan.
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It is a record of testimony both translated (from Occitan into Latin, with the exception of a few phrases left in the vernacular) and coerced (at least implicitly).
Academic text (2006) -
This relatively quick-moving and insignificant case seems unrelated to the best-known activity of Fournier's tribunal, namely, the extinction of the last vestiges of Occitan Catharism.
Academic text (2006) -
The expedition brought together, under the sanction of Pope Paschal II, the naval might of Pisa and an international host of Catalan and Occitan knights led by Count Ramtn Berenguer III of Barcelona.
Academic text (1996) -
In southern France, many families still speak Occitan at home, preserving their cultural heritage.
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The rich history of Occitan literature reflects the vibrant culture of medieval southern France.
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During the festival, musicians performed traditional songs in Occitan to celebrate their regional identity.
Synonyms
A group of old French dialects once spoken in southern France that use oc for yes
A group of medieval southern French dialects that used oc for yes
Surface Forms
Etymology
Occitan comes from the small word oc, which means 'yes' in that language, so people in southern France called their speech the 'language of oc'. That's why Occitan names the group of Romance dialects from medieval southern France, the language of the troubadours.