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Meaning of Old Provençal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Romance language spoken in the south of France which is considered the origin of modern Provençal, also known as Occitan.

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Equivalents

Deutsch altprovenzalisch

Nederlands Oudprovençaals

Examples

“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.””

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Old Prussian Old Punjabi Old Radnor old ral Old Ravensworth Old Red Sandstone