langue d'oïl
noun
mass noun
- the form of medieval French spoken north of the Loire, generally characterized by the use of oïl to mean 'yes', and forming the basis of modern French奥依语(中世纪卢瓦尔河以北使用的法语, 特点为用oïl表示“是”, 是现代法语的基础)。
词源
from Old French langue 'language' (from Latin lingua 'tongue'), d' (from de 'of'), and oïl (from Latin hoc ille) 'yes'. Compare with LANGUE D'OC.