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Occitan

adj · name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɒksɪˌtæn/
  • UK: /ˈɒksəˌtæn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈɑksɪˌtæn/
  • US: /ˈɑksəˌtæn/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Romance language Occitan, or the regional culture of the people who speak it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A Romance language spoken in Occitania, a region of Europe that includes Southern France, Auvergne, Limousin, and some parts of Catalonia and Italy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Someone of the regional culture that speaks this language; an inhabitant of Occitania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Provencal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Langue d'oc, Langue d'oc French

History

Etymology

From French occitan; see there for more.

Across languages

Translations

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أُوكْسِيتَانِيّ (ʔūksītāniyy) — Translations
  • Asturian: occitanu — Translations
  • Asturian: occitánicu — Translations
  • Bulgarian: окситански (oksitanski) — Translations
  • French: occitan — Translations
  • German: okzitanisch — Translations
  • Icelandic: oksítanskur — Translations
  • Ido: Ocitaniana — Translations
  • Ido: Ocitana — Translations
  • Latin: occitanicus — Translations
  • Polish: oksytański — Translations
  • Swedish: occitansk — Translations
  • Afrikaans: Oksitaans — the Romance language
  • Amharic: ኦኪታንኛ (ʾokitanña) — the Romance language
  • Arabic: اللُّغَة الْأُوكْسِيتَانِيَّة (al-luḡa l-ʔūksītāniyya) — the Romance language
  • Arabic: الْأُوكْسِيتَانِيَّة (al-ʔūksītāniyya) — the Romance language
  • Aragonese: occitán — the Romance language
  • Armenian: Օքսիտաներեն (Ōkʻsitaneren) — the Romance language
  • Armenian: օկցիտանա (ōkcʻitana) — the Romance language
  • Asturian: occitanu — the Romance language
  • Asturian: llingua d'oc — the Romance language
  • Basque: okzitaniera — the Romance language
  • Belarusian: аксіта́нская (aksitánskaja) — the Romance language
  • Breton: okitaneg — the Romance language
  • Bulgarian: оксита́нски (oksitánski) — the Romance language
  • Catalan: occità — the Romance language
  • Catalan: llengua d'oc — the Romance language
  • Cherokee: ᎣᎩᏔᏂ (ogitani) — the Romance language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奧克語 /奥克语 (Àokèyǔ) — the Romance language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奧克西唐語 /奥克西唐语 (Àokèxītángyǔ) — the Romance language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐西坦語 /欧西坦语 (Ōuxītǎnyǔ) — the Romance language
  • Corsican: uccitanu — the Romance language
  • Corsican: occitanu — the Romance language
  • Czech: okcitánština — the Romance language
  • Danish: occitansk — the Romance language
  • Dutch: Occitaans — the Romance language
  • Esperanto: okcitana lingvo — the Romance language
  • Estonian: oksitaani — the Romance language
  • Farefare: okkirɛ — the Romance language
  • Farefare: okkitannɛ — the Romance language
  • Finnish: oksitaani — the Romance language
  • French: occitan — the Romance language
  • French: langue d'oc — the Romance language
  • West-Frisian: Oksitaansk — the Romance language
  • Galician: occitano — the Romance language
  • Georgian: ოქსიტანური ენა (oksiṭanuri ena) — the Romance language
  • Georgian: ოქსიტანური (oksiṭanuri) — the Romance language
  • German: Okzitanisch — the Romance language
  • German: Provenzalisch — the Romance language
  • Greek: οξιτανικά (oxitaniká) — the Romance language
  • Hebrew: אוקסיטן (oksitan) — the Romance language
  • Hungarian: okcitán — the Romance language
  • Icelandic: oksítanska — the Romance language
  • Ido: Ocitaniana — the Romance language
  • Ido: Ocitana — the Romance language
  • Indonesian: Oksitan — the Romance language
  • Irish: Ocsatánais — the Romance language
  • Italian: occitano — the Romance language
  • Italian: lingua d'oc — the Romance language
  • Japanese: オック語 (Okku-go) — the Romance language
  • Japanese: オクシタニア語 (Okushitania-go) — the Romance language
  • Korean: 오크어 (Okeu-eo) — the Romance language
  • Latin: lingua Occitana — the Romance language
  • Latvian: ocitāņu — the Romance language
  • Limburgish: Óksittaonsj — the Romance language
  • Lithuanian: oksitanų — the Romance language
  • Lombard: ucitan — the Romance language
  • Luxembourgish: Okzitanesch — the Romance language
  • Maltese: Oċċitan — the Romance language
  • Marathi: ऑक्सिटॅन (ŏksiṭĕn) — the Romance language
  • Nepali: अक्सिटन (aksiṭan) — the Romance language
  • Occitan: occitan — the Romance language
  • Occitan: lenga d'òc — the Romance language
  • Persian: اکسیتانی (oksitânî) — the Romance language
  • Polish: język oksytański — the Romance language
  • Portuguese: occitano — the Romance language
  • Portuguese: occitânico — the Romance language
  • Portuguese: língua d'oc — the Romance language
  • Romanian: limba occitană — the Romance language
  • Romanian: occitană — the Romance language
  • Russian: оксита́нский (oksitánskij) — the Romance language
  • Sicilian: uccitanu — the Romance language
  • Sicilian: pruvinzanu — the Romance language
  • Slovak: Occitánsky — the Romance language
  • Slovene: ocitanščina — the Romance language
  • Spanish: occitano — the Romance language
  • Spanish: lengua de oc — the Romance language
  • Swahili: Kiositani — the Romance language
  • Swedish: occitanska — the Romance language
  • Thai: ภาษาออกซิตัน (paasăa òksídtan) — the Romance language
  • Turkish: Oksitanca — the Romance language
  • Ukrainian: оксита́нська (oksytánsʹka) — the Romance language
  • Urdu: آکسِیٹانی (āksīṭānī) — the Romance language
  • Venetan: ocitan — the Romance language
  • Venetan: lengua ocitana — the Romance language
  • Volapük: Loxitänapük — the Romance language
  • Walloon: Occitan — the Romance language
  • Welsh: Ocitan — the Romance language
  • Arabic: أُوكْسِيتَانِيّ (ʔūksītāniyy) — person
  • Arabic: أُوكْسِيتَانِيَّة (ʔūksītāniyya) — person
  • Asturian: occitanu — person
  • Asturian: occitana — person
  • Bulgarian: окситанец (oksitanec) — person
  • Bulgarian: окситанка (oksitanka) — person
  • Catalan: occità — person
  • Catalan: occitana — person
  • French: Occitan — person
  • French: Occitane — person
  • Italian: occitano — person
  • Italian: occitana — person
  • Occitan: occitan — person
  • Occitan: occitana — person
  • Polish: Oksytańczyk — person
  • Polish: Oksytanka — person
  • Spanish: occitano — person
  • Spanish: occitana — person
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