the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)
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of or relating to Provence or its people or their culture
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Provencal \Pro`ven`[,c]al"\, a. [F., fr. Provence, fr. L. provincia province. See {Provincial}.] Of or pertaining to Provence or its inhabitants.
Provencal \Pro`ven`[,c]al"\, n. [F.] 1. A native or inhabitant of Provence in France.
2. The Provencal language. See {Langue d'oc}.
Photographed left is some exceptionally pretty yellow and green French Provencal oven-to-tableware - the dishes each come with appropriate woven baskets.
The sunny south was always on his mind in wonderful combinations of Provencal prints on jersey outfits with long, full skirts, as well as the tunic knits with Picasso or Miro motifs on them.
Also in the usual double bill is Paul Eddy, a Provencal resident, who gives a very different view of his adopted village to that propagated by neighbour Peter Mayle.
This is a fine old Provencal mansion that has now been made into an excellent museum of theatre and the performing arts in honour of the founding father of the Festival.
He has retained the support of influential local figures such as Mme Edmonde Charles-Roux, owner of the newspaper Le Provencal.
It is the only thing he has ever wanted to do, and he believes Provencal small farmers might eventually succeed in a market not of quantity but of high quality.
There were the usual piles of Provencal vegetables and mounds of white asparagus from the Card.
Louise was a flamboyant Provencal who wrote florid verses, loved big city glamour, and once stabbed a critic with a kitchen knife.
It is considered a sister language of French, Provencal, Catalan and Italian.