Meanings
- datedRomance language spoken in the south of France which is considered the origin of modern Provençal, also known as Occitan.
The old Provençal tongue, beloved of knights and troubadours, and forever associated in our minds with romance and chivalry, had become so debased by low singers of tavern songs, that its poetry was only “a riot of coarse speech, which had slain modesty in the ears of the young.”
1872, Edward Everett Hale, editor, Old and New, volume VI, page 471Synonyms: Old Occitan
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounRomance language spoken in the south of France which is considered the origin of modern Provençal, also known as Occitan.
Translations
Dutch Oudprovençaals
- OudprovençaalsTranslations
German Altprovenzalisch
- AltprovenzalischTranslations
Polish język staroprowansalski
- język staroprowansalskiTranslations
Cite this entry
Old Provençal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Proven%C3%A7al
“Old Provençal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Proven%C3%A7al. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Old Provençal,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Proven%C3%A7al.
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