Provençal
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English
Etymology
From Middle French provenceal, provençal, from Latin prōvinciālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpɹɒvɑːnˈsɑːl/, /ˌpɹɒvənˈsɑːl/, /ˌpɹɒvɒnˈsɑːl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: Pro‧ven‧çal
- Rhymes: -ɑːl
Adjective
Provençal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to Provence.
Translations
of or relating to Provence
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Proper noun
Provençal
- (broadly, dated in linguistics) The language spoken in Provence; Occitan.
- Synonym: Occitan
- (strictly) The Romance Occitan dialect of Provence.
- 1872, Frédéric Mistral, translated by Harriet W. Preston, Mirèio: A Provençal Poem, translation of original in Provençal, Preface, page x:
- “Mirèio” first appeared at Paris in September, 1859, having beside the Provençal a parallel French version of the author's own, or rather a prose translation divided into verses to correspond with the stanzas of the original. […] I must, however, hasten to disclaim any thing approaching to a critical knowledge of the rich and charming Provençal dialect,—or rather language, for it is more than a dialect.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 343:
- It was the first time I had heard Provençal spoken – there seemed to be moss packed between every syllable.
Translations
Occitan — see Occitan
dialect of the Occitan language
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Noun
Provençal (plural Provençals or Provençaux)
- An inhabitant of Provence.
- 2011, Conor Kostick, The Siege of Jerusalem: Crusade and Conquest in 1099, Bloomsbury, →ISBN:
- The Normans were putting it about that the Provençals were experts at foraging, to the neglect of fighting. Their children had a refrain with which they taunted their southern French counterparts: ‘the Franks go to fight, the Provençals to food’.
Translations
inhabitant of Provence
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See also
French
Pronunciation
Noun
Provençal m (plural Provençaux, feminine Provençale)