Definitions for Provencal

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Provencal Pro·ven·çal

Spelling: [proh-vuh n-sahl, prov-uh n-; French p Provencal is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 581 anagrams from letters in Provencal (acelnoprv).

Definitions for Provencal

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Provence.
2. Also called Occitan. a Romance language once widely spoken in southern France, still in use in some rural areas. Abbreviation: Pr, Pr., Prov. Compare langue d'oc.
3. the dialect of Provençal used in Provence.

adjective

1. of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.

Origin of Provencal

1580-90; Middle French Latin prōvinciālis provincial. See Provence, -al¹

Examples for Provencal

Then I have a provencal book on hand, and (interlusive) a provencal romance.

The provencal was twenty-two years old:—he loaded his carbine.

The provencal had not been spoilt by an experience of "bonnes fortunes."

To-day its lanes are as tortuous as those of any other provencal town.

Clemence joked that with a provencal like him you could never wash out the oil stains.

"Not as capable as you, but I have my merits," said the provencal, smiling.

While the humans are entertaining enough in this provencal matinee, the bird is the star.

All were amiable and highly polished, like all the provencal nobility.

She became abstracted and uneasy; jealousy of the provencal possessed her.

For days has the pale provencal been closeted with lawyers; but there is no hope in litigation.