langue d'o·ïl (doil , doi, dô- l)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 (f cit), he (did) this : hoc, this; see Occitan + ille, he; see al-1 in Indo-European roots).] |
langue d'oïl French [lɑ̃g dɔj]
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(Linguistics / 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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