occitan
IPA: ɑksʌtʌn
Root Word: Occitan
noun
- A Romance language spoken in Occitania, a region of Europe that includes Southern France, Auvergne, Limousin, and some parts of Catalonia and Italy.
- Someone of the regional culture that speaks this language; an inhabitant of Occitania.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Romance language Occitan, or the regional culture of the people who speak it.
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Examples of "occitan" in Sentences
- The term Lemosin (lemosin in Modern occitan; lemosin, lemosi in Old Occitan) appeared between 1190 and 1213.
- '' 'Occitan'''-also called' 'Lenga d'Òc' ',' 'Langue d'Oc' 'or' 'Provençal' '- (in its own language:' 'occitan' ',
- My last order was a bootcut made of dark "showoff" denim with red threads and an occitan cross behind: it is a marvel! ...
- In Lengadocian Occitan, [ps], [ts] and [ks] are merged into [ts]: còps [ˈkɔps > ˈkɔts] 'times', sacs [ˈsaks > ˈsats] 'bags', occitan [uksiˈta > utsiˈta], Mexic [mekˈsik > meˈtsik] 'Mexico'.
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