provençal

See also: Provençal and Provencal

French

Etymology

From Provence +‎ -al. Compare provincial.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.vɑ̃.sal/

Adjective

provençal (feminine provençale, masculine plural provençaux, feminine plural provençales)

Provençal (of, from or relating to Provence, a traditional geographic region roughly corresponding to the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)

Noun

provençal m (uncountable)

Provençal; Occitan, especially the dialect of Occitan that is spoken in Provence

Derived terms

provençalisme

Further reading

“provençal” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
“provençal” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
“provençal” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
“provençal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.vẽˈsaw/ [pɾo.vẽˈsaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.vẽˈsal/ [pɾu.vẽˈsaɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.bẽˈsal/ [pɾu.βẽˈsaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.vẽˈsa.li/

Rhymes: -al, -aw
Hyphenation: pro‧ven‧çal

Noun

provençal m (uncountable)

Provençal; Occitan (language spoken in southern France)
Synonym: occitano
Provençal (the Occitan dialect spoken in Provence)

Noun

provençal m or f by sense (plural provençais)

Provençal (native or inhabitant of Provence, a traditional geographic region roughly corresponding to the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)

Adjective

provençal m or f (plural provençais)

Provençal (of, from or relating to Provence)