langue d'oil

1. 1.

   medieval provincial dialects of French spoken in central and northern France

   SynonymsLangue d'oil French

   BroaderFrench

Questions about langue d'oil

What does langue d'oil mean?

langue d'oil means "medieval provincial dialects of French spoken in central and northern France".

What is another word for langue d'oil?

Close synonyms include Langue d'oil French. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is langue d'oil a common word?

langue d'oil is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.