langue d'oïl


langue d'o·ïl

L0041800 (doil′, doi′, dô-ēl′)n. The Romance language of medieval France north of the Loire River, on which modern French is based.
[French, from Old French : langue, language; see language + de, of; see langue d'oc + oil, yes (ultimately from Latin hoc ille (fēcit), he (did) this : hoc, this; see Occitan + ille, he; see al- in Indo-European roots).]

langue d'oïl

(lɑ̃ɡ dɔj) n (Languages) the group of medieval French dialects spoken in France north of the Loire; the medieval basis of modern French[literally: language of oïl (the northern form for yes), ultimately from Latin hoc ille (fecit) this he (did)]
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Noun1.Langue d'oil - medieval provincial dialects of French spoken in central and northern FranceLangue d'oil FrenchFrench - the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France