provencal

1. 1.

   the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)

   SynonymsOccitan

   BroaderLangue d'oc

1. 1.

   of or relating to Provence or its people or their culture

Other forms of provencal

plural

provencals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about provencal

What does provencal mean?

provencal means "the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in provencal?

provencal has 3 syllables: pro-ven-cal. The stress falls on "pro".

What is another word for provencal?

Close synonyms include Occitan. 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 provencal a common word?

provencal 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.